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PREFACE To THE THIRD EDITION

In an effort to somewhat alleviate the shortage of the pre-
vious editions of this valuable book on falconry, we have ar-
ranged for this third printing. There is little left to be added
to Harting’s preface for the second edition except co say that
what he found true in 1891 is once again the case; the book
has become so scarce that most falconers have not been able
to benefit by it. Its true value to the practicing falconer will
become more and more evident with time and study.

To Mr. Minard Stevens, whose constant inspiration, ad-
vice, and encouragement made this printing possible, this
volume is respectfully dedicated.

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Business Manager
BATE AND SLICE SOCIETY

Of this Edition, only 100
copies have been printed,
of which this is number

$2
Bert’s Treatise

of

Hawks and Hawking

For the First Time Reprinted from the
Original of 1619

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
J. E. HARTING

LIBRARIAN TO THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON

 

LONDON
BERNARD QUARITCH, 15 PICCADILLY
1891
 

INTRODUCTION.

¢9F the three treatises by our old Eng-
lish masters of falconry, Turbervile,
Latham, and Bert, that of Bert at the
present time is unquestionably the
scarcest. In the course of twenty
years’ book-collecting, I have heard
of but two copies for sale; while in
regard to the others, hardly a year elapses in which a
few examples do not come into the book-market, although,
it must be confessed, at sufficiently high prices, if in
good condition.

Of Turbervile’s work two editions appeared;’ of
Latham’s, four.’

The “ Treatise” by Bert, first published in 1619, has
until now never been reprinted—a circumstance, no doubt,
which in some measure accounts for its greater rarity.

From certain statements of the author, it would seem

1 The Booke of Faulconrie or Hawking ; for the onely delight and pleasure of all
noblemen and gentlemen. Collected, &c. . . . By George Turbervile, gentleman,
1575. Second edition, 1611. For the full titles of both editions, with critical notes,
see Harting, Bibliotheca Accipitraria, pp. 12, 13.

3 Falconry, or the Faulcon’s Lure and Cure: in two Books, 1615. New and
second Booke of Faulconry, 1618. Second edition of both, 1633. Third, 1653.
Fourth, 1658. For the full titles see Harting, of, cét., pp. 15-17.

 
 

iv Lutvoduction.

 

to have been printed chiefly to oblige his friends, and
was not intended for general circulation.

“I did never purpose (he says) to publish in common
these my labours, but to have given them privately to
whom they are dedicated, and to whom I stand devoted ;
but being discovered to some of my friends, and by them
made knowne to many of the rest, their importunities and
earnest persuasions have made mee put it to the presse.”

Farther on he remarks (p. 8), “It hath long laine by
me, and that I have not beene forward to publish this
but in a manuscript, is very well knowne to many of my
friends.” From this it may be inferred that only a limited
number of copies were originally printed.

But whatever cause or causes may have conduced to
its scarcity, the fact remains that at the present time the
work is practically unprocurable; and this is the more to
be regretted, because having been composed by an Eng-
lish falconer of great experience, it is still of utility and
value to those who at the present day would keep hawks
and fly them at game.

Under these circumstances, I have undertaken the
present reprint, in the belief that there are others who
will be glad to possess a copy, if, like myself, they have
tried in vain to procure the original.

The text has been set up with great care by Messrs.
Ballantyne & Hanson, at the Ballantyne Press, Edin-
burgh, from an original copy in the possession of the
Hon. Gerald Lascelles, to whom I am indebted for the
loan of it; and it will be found on examination that not
only is this a verbatim et fteratim reprint, but that in
regard to type, headlines, initials, and other ornaments,
 

Lutroduction. Vv

 

it is as nearly a facsimile as it is possible to make it
without the aid of photography.

One hundred copies only have been printed.

Of the author, Edmund Bert, little is known beyond
what he himself has told us in his “ Treatise.” He lived
at Collier Row, near Romford, Essex, and was somewhat
advanced in years and in failing health when he was per-
suaded to publish the results of his experience as a fal-
coner. Some of his recipes, it appears, he had used for
sixteen or seventeen years {p. 103), and his method of
hooding a shy hawk, he says, he “did privately deliver
to some of my friends by word of mouth above twenty
yeares since (1599), and some did carefully follow my
direction, and did not faile.” But it was after he had
been ill for some time that he began seriously to think
of publication. ‘‘ By gentlemen that have come to visite
and comfort me (he says) in the time of my sicknes, which
hath continued with me for the most part these three
yeares, I have been over-powred (desiring that my know-
ledge might not be buried with mee) to thrust out my
labours to publike view” (p. 8).

Amongst his friends and acquaintances a few are
mentioned by name. He alludes to Sir Edward
Saliard, a knight of high estimation in this art (p.
40). Old Sir Robert Wroth, who had an excellent
goshawk, and Master Raineford, who had a hawke, are
referred to (p. 68), and to the worthy Baron whom he
on one occasion met “in the Strand,” he ‘did deliver
a very sound hawke, and had for her thirty pounds”
(p. 106). Mention is also made of “ Master Batcheler, that
was Master of all the Faulconers by Powles” (p. 95).
 

vi Introduction.

 

But, as a rule, his friends and neighbours are referred
to as ‘a worthy knight to whom I stood bound for many
former kind guifts” (p.. 88), er “two knights, both of them
very judicious austringers, and two gentlemen of the same
family though dwelling tenne miles asunder” (p. 88), or
“an ancient and skilful austringer” * (p. 96), and so forth.

He used to ride out of Essex into Sussex to hawk
over the downs, where (he says) ‘I have killed for the
most part of a moneth together with an intermewed gos-
hawke eight, nine, or tenne partridges. in a day. The
day of my going thither and the day of my returne to
London was just five weeks, and it was a fortnight or
more in Michaelmas terme when I came backe. I killed
in that time with that one hawke foure score and odd
partridges, five pheasants, seven rayles, and foure hares
against my will” (p. 29).

Elsewhere (p. 99) he alludes to flying at the brooke
(that is, at waterfowl) in Leicestershire. He was very
successful in training and flying the goshawk, to which
species, indeed, his instructions chiefly relate. He had
for one goshawk and a tarsell a hundred marks, both
sold to one man within sixteen months. For another
he was offered forty pounds (p. 105), and ultimately sold
her for thirty.

He particularly delighted in pheasant-hawking with
a goshawk and spaniels, and at the time of writing his
remarks on the subject, had had seven years’ experi-
ence in this branch of the sport (p. 37). The hints and
advice which he gives in relation to it are accordingly
most practical and useful.

* One who kept a goshawk, astur, Fr. autour.
 

Lutroduction. Vil

 

The following passage, which occurs on p. 36, explains
how pheasant-hawking was pursued :—“If I spring a
phesant, I cannot in the covert have my dogs at that
command that I have them in the field. Let me make
all the hast I can after my hawke, J] might misse of the
quick finding her, if by my dogs questing I were not
drawne where she is: it is ten to one she will not hunt
for it upon the ground; if she should, it will teach her wit ;
but it is more likely that she will, if the covert with
broome or furzes be not thicke in the bottome, but that
she may see it, she will, as it runneth, tend it, flying ouer
it from tree to tree, and when the dogs doe spring it, she
is so over it, as that it will never rise to goe to a high
pearch; if it should, the hawke would have it before it
come there.”

His method of making a shy hawk to the hood (p. 44)
has been already referred to. His contrivance for pre-
venting a goshawk from perching (p. 69) is equally
ingenious, and, it is believed, original.

Apropos of the Dedication to the Right Honourable
Henry Earl of Oxenford, it may be noted that in 1795
a silver “ varvel,” engraved with the name “ Oxenforde,”
was found near Headingham Castle, the ancient seat of
this family in Essex. It is figured and described in the
Archeologia, vol. xii. pl. 51, p. 410, and may well have
belonged to the nobleman to whom this book is dedicated.

J. E. HARTING.

BURLINGTON HOUSE,
Christmas 1890.
AN

APPROVED

TREATISE OF
flawkes and Hawking.

Dinuided tnto three Bookes.

The firft teacheth, How to make a fhort-win-
ged Hawke good, with good conditions.
The fecond, How to reclaimea Hawke from

any ill condition.
The third, teacheth Cures for all knowne
griefes and difeafes.

 

 

By Evmvnp BERT, Gentleman.

 

 

 

 

 

LONDON:
Printed by 7. S. for Richard Moore, and are to be

fold at his fhop in S. Dunftans Church-yard.
1619.
 

 

  
 

TO THE RIGHT
HONOVRABLE

HENRY, Earle of Oxen-
Jord, Vifcount Bulbecke, Lord
Sanford and Scales, and Lord

Great-Chamberlaine of
ENGLAND.

Y Honourable Lord, I
{) neuer affected flattery,
of I had I fhould now
haue beene much difap-
pointed ; for your noble
worth exceeds what I
can fay. To particularize your honourable
Titles, or herve to blazon your excellencies
were needleffe, and fhall rather be printed
on my faithfull heart, thenpublifhed bymy
ruderpen, efpecially upon thededication of
foflight a fubied?. Sir, I have long waited
«2 for

 

 

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THE EPISTLE

 

Soropportunity,& thisgreatwhilewhipt oc-
cafion on, whereby I might tender fome open
leftimonzie of my loue, before I dye, which
may remaine as a perpetual memoriall of
my euer-deuoted feruice. To that end (my
Lord) I haue runne backe into my younger
yeares, to fummon the delights of my able
youth, together with the fruits of my more
experienced age, (comprifed within a few
leaues) to attend your Lordships leafure,
and humbly to crave your Honours patron-
age. Toarrogate to my Selfe by an immo-
derate commendation of the Worke, were
poore. toderogatetoomuch from it through
modefty, were as filly. Therefore (not to be
exceffive in the one, nor too libevall in the
other) I would (with your honourable fa-
uour) doe you thus much to vnderftana:
As for the fubtect it ts not waighty (being
but a Treattfe of fport) and to attend and
to gine place to your Lordfhips honourable
affaives,andmore feriousimployments; but
as for the handling of the Subiect (I dare,
and will boldly fay and auerre) it is good:
Nay, 1 willfubmit my Jelfe to partiall cen-

JSurers
 

DEDICATORY.

 

Juvers vponduetriall,and hazard my repu-

tation upon true tudgement. My Lord, I
Srame not my wauering furmizes upon pro-
babilities of fic dicunt; but [ ground my
confiant opinion vpon certainty of proba-
tum eft: Mor can I quote any Author but
my felfe, and out of my owne induftrious
experiments I (firft) extratted my owne
conclufions : I reape no mans harueft, but
plough with my owne Hleifer. In fine, I
heve dedicate to your Lord fhip the delights
of my Childe-hood, the pleafures of my
youth, the experiments of my age,my fatth-
full (though painefull) labours, my fruit-
full (though flight) indeauours, my/felfe,
my continuall feruice and obseruance to
your truely-noble Selfe, humbly requefting
your Honour not to be afhamed to Patro-
nize that which your feruant ts not afraid
to prefent: And that/hall crowne my poore
indeauours, and giue my labours an eter-
nall fufficit ; and make me euer reft

Your Lordfhips humbly deuoted,

EpMvnp BERT.
 

 

 

To the friendly Reader.

Was Riendly Reader, 1 did ne-
~ uer purpofe to publifh in
common thefe my labours,
but to haue giuen them
priuately to whom they
are dedicated,and to whom
I ftand deuoted: but being
difcouered to fome of my friends, and by them
made knowne to many of the reft, their im-
portunities and earneft perfwafions haue made
mee put it to the preffe, whereby I fhal be
fenfured of fuch as haue left Iudgement, but
let it anfwere for it felfe; I haue not fet down
any thing fo erronious, but being well exami-
ned, it will proue iudicious: and although this
fubiect hath already beene dealt withall, and
well handled by a Gentleman of good experi-
ence, whofe good and probable difcourfe might
be a meanes to hinder my proceeding herewith,
yet a great manygentlemen to whom the good-
neffe of my hawkes haue beene knowne to be
fuch as that they could not be bettered, doe

ftrongly

 
 

To the friendly Reader.

 

ftrongly inforce it, that my Skill, Art, & know-
ledge muft bein thefamedegree: Intruth I haue
not kept any hawke aboue three yeeres, but I
haue put them off for much money, befides ma-
ny thanks, and much loue. I had for a Gofhawke
and a Tarfell a hundred Marks, both folde to
one man within fixteen moneths. I know there
are many of good experience will ouerlookethis
my booke, and fome that are young profeffors,
and fome that would learne to profeffe, but
whatfoeuer he be that vndertaketh this profeffi-
on, I will wifh him an able body, a quicke fpirit,
and moft of all, an earneft loue and delight
thereunto; to fuch a man a hawke will quickly
teach knowledge, but of him that wanteth wit
fhee will make a foole, and of a dull-fpirit a
true pack-horfe: If thefe good properties fhall
be wanting in a man, he is hardly to be made a
good Auftringer, and it will be hard for him to
make a good hawke. I would I were able to de-
liuer plainely what I vnderftand, I willfet downe
as familiarly as I can, the beft inftructions I am
able, but knowledge and vnderftanding, louing
practitioner muft be gotten by thy diligent and
carefull obferuing thy hawke, in her fundry
paffions and fudden toyes, fuch vigelance, fuch
diligence, and fuch carefulneffe will worke fuch
an apprehenfion in thee, as in a little time thy
knowledge and underftanding will bring forth
fuch effect, as that thou wilt be able to preuent

all
 

To the friendly Reader.

 

all her ill intendments. I cannot fet downe what
thy experience will teach thee; but I reft to giue
thee fuller fatisfa¢tion, by conference, then I
haue herein or can poffibly publifh: Farewell.

From my houfe at Collier-Row,
neere Rumford.

Thine to his power,

Epmvnp Bert.

 

tHE
 

 

Banas CeCe. QEDQDOE

  
 
 

 

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THE ONTEAS ‘OF
the feuerall Chapters of this

BooKeE.

The firft part, teacheth how to make a fhort-
winged Hawke good, &c.

Cuap. I.

Bone aaa He Authours opinion of the Gol-
Reo OH hawke and Tarfell, and of their
si difference; which hee writeth to
4 them that are of mall pracizce,
| and would haue their labours put

to che beft profit.

  
 
  
  

Il.

Wherein the Tarfel differeth from the Gol-
hawke.

III.

Of the efeuerall kindes of the Gothawkesand Tar-
fels, vz. the Haggart, the Rammith, and the

Eyes Hawke ; (1 will diftinguifh no further)
A and
 

The Contents.

 

and of their differing difpofitions: And firjt
of the Haggart.

IV
The defeription of the Rammifh Hawke.

V.
The defcription of the Eyas, upon whom I can

faften no affection, for the multitude of their
Sothes and faults.

Vi,
A pre-admonition to the Reader.
VII.

The manner how I haue vfed the Rammith-/ore-
Gofhawke, after I haue taken her from the
Cage unto my fift, untill fhee hath beene fly-

ong.

The
 

The Contents.

 

 

Booke.

Wherein ts fet down, how to vreclaime a
Hawke from any ill condition.

Cuap. I.

UY} PA) chat will not abide the fight there-
me al of, and (how diforderly foeuer /hee
padl| Ge) 2t hall be effected in forty eight
4) houres, with leffe then forty bates.

 

II.

Flow to bring a Hawke that will royle,and feeke
for Poultrey at a houfe, to good perfection :
And how to winne her loue, in whom an wll
keeper hath wrought fuch carelef/neffe.

ITI.

How to reclaime a Hawke that will carry, and
not fuffer her keeper to come vnto her.

IV.

To veclaime a Hawke that will carry a Part-

ridge into a Tree.
A 2 How
 

The Contents.

 

V.

How to vfe that Hawke, that affoone as fhe
hath a Partridge will breake it, and gorge
her felfe upon tt.

Vi.

Howto vfea Hawke that will carrya Partridge
wnto a Tree, and will not be driuen to the
ground, but will there affuredly eatett: And
(2¢ may be) not be taken upuntill the next night.

VII.

How to veclaime a Hawke that will neither

abide horfe-men, firangers, Carts, or Women,
or fuch lke.

VIII.

How to vfe a Hawke that will fit upon the
ground at marke, and by miffing many flights,
beate out her Jelfe from her true flying.

I X.

That the Tarfell 2s more proane to thefe ill con-
ditions then the Hawke, and how to reclaime
him that will feeke for a Doue-houfe.

The
 

The Contents.

 

 

The Contents of the Third
Booke.

Wherein ts fet down, Cures for all

known difeafes.

Crap. I.
tlt, for the beake, mouth, eyes, head
AG and throat, and of the feuerall griefes
and dtfeafes there breeding, and offen-
ding.

 

 

 

 

 

II.

A medicine for a wet Canker in the mouth or
beake, which will eate into her eyes and
braine; and (unleffe tt be killed) will kill
her; and this ts more common with the long-
winged then fhort-winged Flawke.

ITI.

A medicine for the Frounce, whereunto the
long-winged Hawke ts much more fubsect
then the fhore.

IV.

A vemedy for the kirnels, whereunto the long-
winged Hawke ts not fubsect, but wt much
followeth the fhort-winged Hawke.

A 3 There
 

The Contents.

 

V.

There ts a difeafe in the head, of fome called
Vertego, a fwimming of the braine, and the
cure followeth.

VI.

The Pinneinthethroat, of allother the moft defpe-
rate and uncurable difeafe: I haue not knowne
a long-winged Hawke troubled therewith, but
to a fhortwinged Hawke it brings death.
VII.
Anexcellent medicine for ablowe or lafhintheeye.

VIII.

An excellent water for a hot rhume that run-
neth out of the eye, the heate whereof fcaldeth
all the feathers from that part under the
eye, and maketh it bare.

IX.

For a Snurt, or colde in the head of the
Hawke, or the Rye.

X.

For the Mytes, wherewith I have knowne many
Hawkes thathauenot onely beenetroubledabout
the
 

The Contents.

 

the beake, but the very Teukes haue beene left
without feathers, and eaten the very lkin off.

XI.

A receipt beyonde all other, to take out Lyme
rom the feathers of a Hawke.

Ld
A powder to be giuen toa Hawke that bloweth,
and ts /hort-winded.
XITI.
A medicine for the Wormes, wherewith all
Hawkes are troubled, and other creatures abfo.
XIV.

A reewpt for a Hawke that hath loft her
courage, and toyeth not.

XV.

To difitll a water wherewith to ftrengthen a
weake Hawke.

XVI.

To diftill a water, whofe property ts to kill any
unnatural heate in the mouth or body; a
great cleanfer and increafer of the breath ;

and
 

The Contents.

 

and the beft that euer was for the Liner
that 7s het, and nothing better for a field-
hawke that flyeth in Somer.

XVII.

An excellent approued medicine for a dangerous
bruzfe, to be giuen prefently after the hurt.

XVIII.

A medicine for a Hawke that hath recetued a
wound by fome wl accident.

XIX.
A medicine for the Cray.

X X.
A receipt for a fireine or brurfe in the foote.

FINTS.

AN
 

 

 
   

AN APPROVED
TREATISE OF
Flawkes and Hawking.

 

Cuap. I,

The Authors opinion of the Gofhawkeand Tarfell,
and of their difference; all which hee writeth
unto them that are of fmall practrfe, and to them
that would haue their labours put to the beft profit.

He Gofhawke is moft able to
indure much, and is more
profitable then the Zaz/ed/,
not onely with bringing
home many quarries, but
with bringing diuerfity and
variety of quarries: Her
difpofition is meeke and

gentle, if fhe be mildely delt with, and not fo apt

to ill conditions as is the Zaz/, the is fubiect
to feeke for poultry, into which fault fhe will
neuer fall, except it be through want of know-
ledge in her keeper; which fault to preuent,

Ve B as

 
 

Bert's Treatife of

 

A compari-

Son.

In either
hinde this

as alfo how to reclaime a Hawke from that euill
condition, or any other, I will hereafter giue moft
plaine and true inftruétion in his proper place.

Cuap. II.

Wherein the Tarfell differeth from the Gofhawke.

fi ent it be for his praétife, I would not aduife

him that cannot rightly effect all things in a
Go/hawke, to meddle with the Zar/el/, for heeisapt
to ill conditions, which euery good Auftringer (if
he will) is able'to preuent : He will take diflike at
many things, or at anything; heisapttoroyle, and
fometimes may finde poultry that is fit for his
turne; and if he once take a liking, and ftand well
affected that way, there is none vnfit for him:
Hee will quickely knowe a Doue-houfe, and too
foone learne to finde the way into it, and then he
hath wit enough to pleafe himfelfe; but thefe
faults and many more follow fuch Hawkes as are
not well handled, but are harfhly and vnkindely
delt with in their firft manning; Heislight-headed
and nimble winged, the quicke handling of them
in his flying pleafeth more then the Go/hawke, and
therein the Spar-hawke exceedeth the Tav/e//,and
the Marlin therein exceedeth both Go/hawke,
Larfell, & Spar-hawke. They may fitly be com-
pared vnto a large Gelding, and a fmaller, the
firft hauing a large and long ftroke goeth fafter
then he feemeth, the other that gathereth fhort

holdeth not and thick feemeth to goe much fafter then he

generally,

doth ;
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 3

 

doth; the larger fhall inforce the leffer to ftrike
thrife for the ground that he will almoft at twice
performe; my opinion is, hee that riddeth moft
ground, with moft eafe, fhall longeft endure.
Iudge your felfe the difference betweene the
Gofhawke, Tarfell, and Spar-hawke.

Cuap. III.

Of Gofhawkes there are three feuerall kindes,and
Jo of Tarfels, the Haggart Hawke, the Ramith,
and the Eyas, much differing from the reft.

| Onely write now the differing difpofitions of
thefe Hawkes, of their feuerall properties, and
the inconueniences that followeth them in parti-
cular: and firft of the Haggart in generall. She
hath liued long at liberty, having many things at
her command, and fhe is therefore the harder to be
brought to fubieétion and obedience: In her firft
manning fhe is apt to take euery accidentall occa-
fion that giueth offence to come from her keeper; 4 compart-
Asa yong horfe in his firft riding, if he fhall bogge/”
or be afraid of fomething, if his rider fhall then
fpurre him vpon it, the horfe may thus thinke that
the thing whereon nowin feareall his thoughts are
placed, is the true moouer of the fpurres that tor-
menthim; fo the Haggart tyed to her Mafters fift,
that bateth, and then findeth her reftraint, the ob-
iect takenaway, fhe will ftare her keeper in the face,
and thinke all the offence came from him, to whofe
fift fhe was tyed, otherwife fhe had beeneatliberty,
B2 and
 

4 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

A caueat. and fo could haue freed her felfe from whatfoeuer
feared her. But let mee fpeake this now more
than I purpofed, left hereafter in his proper place
I may forget to give that caueat, if thy Haggartbe
fo angryas that fhe ftare thee in the face vpon any
fuch accidentall occafion, or fodaine thought of
her prefent bondage, owne it not, fee it not, and
by all means poffible carry thine eye from looking
vpon her, for that will worke her more diflike to-
wards thee ; which if you obferue, you fhall the

A great in- fooner finde her pacified. She feldome meweth

conuenience. timely or orderly; and although fome can fay that
they haue had a Haggard Gofhawke mewed well
and faire, fit to draw at Bartholomew ; I anfwere
one Swallow maketh not.a Summer.

When the Haggartis flying, natureisaltered,and
therefore I muft not here fpeake of her good or bad
properties at thattime, for they are wrought in her
through the good or bad difcretion of her keeper,
when fhe was in making, or after fhe was made, as
her keeper thoght. I will leaue thofe to their
proper place, onely I fay & fo conclude, that your
Hlaggart is very louing and kinde to her keeper,
after that he hath brought her, by his fweet and
kinde familiarity, to vnderftand him; but if fhee
fall into any vice, fhee is moft hardly reclaimed
from it, and brought to good perfection again;
if it fhall be hoped for, it fhall fooneft be gotten
and performed, by exchanging her keeper, if his
skill may equall her former keeper.

CHAP.
 

Hawkes aud Hawking.

 

Cuap. IV.
The defcription of the Rammith Hawke.

"T Here is {mall difference betweene the Hag-
gartand the Rammzh, onely the Rammi/h
Hawke hath had leffe time (by preying for her felfe
then the other) to know her owne ftrength and
worth, but in manning and making her I will fet
downe my whole pra¢tife, with my friendly aduife
to others that will enter into the fame courfe, for in
the Rammi/h Hawke is my efpeciall delight, for in
them my labours haue proued moft fucceffefull.

Cuap. V.

Ofthe Eyas Hawke, upon whom I can faftennoaffe-
étion, for the multitude of her follies and faults.

I Feele it moft burthenfome to fpend my time
idlely ; I thinke the difference little, either to be
idle, or fpend the time to no purpofe,or be long of
doing a little, and fuch effect his trauell will giue
him for reward that medleth with an Zyas,except
a long expectation of good will giue him fatisfaGti-
on; For they are fo foolifh as the firft yeare they
will hardly be taught to take a bough well, and if
that cannot be effected, there can no profperous
fucceffe be expected. I haue knowne fome that
haue not prooued very excellent the fecond yeare
in taking a bough, and then itisa foule fault, to doe
Bs nothing
 

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L will not
affirm that
all will
prooue thus.

either is
this gene-

rally to be
underftood.

You fhal
jinde here-
after a
remedy for
this.

Lafie to be
amended,

nothing the firft yeare, and not very much the fe-
cond; for I haue feene divers entermewers hang
with their head downward, holding a bough faft in
her foote or feete. I haue knowne fome of them
likewife that would fooner catch a dogge in the
field then a Partridge, and although fhe had flown
a Partridge very well to marke, and fat well, yet fo
foone as a dog had but come in to the retroue, fhe
would haue had him by the face. One other as ill
a fault as this, if fhe flye well, yet it is oddes you
fhall finde her fitting vpon the ground at marke,
when although you keepe your dogs quietly be-
hinde you, and though you vfefome courfe to ter-
rifie her, or take her betweene your hands and
throwe her vp, you may perhaps finde her folly
giue her leaue to fall again vpon the ground with-
in twelue or twenty yards of you; feare the worft,
the beft will helpe it felfe,it may be fhe will not goe
to a tree at all, (this is grieuous.) Neither will
moft of them like the hoode well, and many of
them will cry as loud to you,as you will fpeake to
them. Neither can I hope to buy a found Hawke
of them from the Cage, who knoweth not that
they are hot and fcratching vpon the quarry: Art
will eafily amend that fault, which I will not faile
to deliuer in his place. But this I fay, ifa man haue
the patience to endure their impatience, and at-
tend a long time for their good proofe, if at the laft
fhe fhall prooue well, fhe may be ranked among
the beft in the higheft degree : She willeuermewe
orderly and timely, and except fome euill accident

fhorten
 

Hawkes and Hawking.

 

fhorten her dayes, fhe will liue longer then any of
the reft, fhe is not apt to be ficke, or furfeit fofoone
as the other, yet if fickneffe fhould befall her, fhe
will out-grow it with leffe danger then the other. In
this difcourfe I hauealtogetherfpoken ofthe Zyas-
Hawke, but the 7a7/e//is not fo vnapt to take a
bough, neither is hee apt to catch dogges, if hee
prooue well: there can no attribute be giuen to
the Rammifh Tarfell (but all qualities examined)
he fhall owne as good, or better. And thus much
as concerning my opinion of the Zyas Hawke.

CuHap. VI.
To the friendly Reader.

FrRiendly Reader, before I beginne to treate of
the Rammi/h Hawke,and tofetdownethecour-

fes whereby I haue made fo many and fo extraor-
dinary good Hawkes, as they could not be bettered
both for flying and good conditions, I muft tell
you, and fo farre explaine my felfe, that I doe not
therein fo much arrogate to my felf, as to thinke
my courfes are not to be equalled, but they may be
bettered, even by men that liue in obfcurity, but
for what I write, is my opinion; from which (al-
though it fhall mooue others but little) I cannot be
drawne, becaufe I haue had thereby fo good, fo
profperous, and fo profitable fucceffe: Some may
contrary my opinion, who can for themfelues ‘fay
but as I doe, that their opinion is fuch; if I cannot
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fet downe fufficient reafons for my proceedings,
my Hawkes fhall teftifie for me, it hath long laine
by me, and that I haue not beene forward to pub-
lifh this but ina Manu-fcript, is very well knowne
to many of my friends, Gentlemen that haue come
to vifite and comfort me in the time of my ficknes
(which hath continued with me for the moft part
thefe three years, inall which time I haue made but
onely one Hawke, but diuers haue beene brought
vnto me to be cured of diuers difeafes,and fome to
be reclaymed from ill conditions) and by thefe
Gentlemen I haue been ouer-powred (defiring that
my knowledge might not be buried with mee) to
thruft out my labours to publike view. And al-
though my memory hath efcaped fome fecret, yet
I am affured the skilfulleft fhall finde fomething
herein fet downe, that neither he norany man hath
made vie of, either in making his Hawke of good
and faire. condition, or in reclayming her, or any
other of their kinde, from any ill condition. And
thus followeth my dire¢t courfe for the reclay-
ming, manning, and making of my fhort-winged
Hawke.

Cuap. VII.

The manner how I haue vfed the Rammith-/ore-
Gofhawke, after [ haue taken her from the
Cage unto my fit, untill fhe hath beene flying.

I Mutt {peak fomething of the time wherein vfu-
ally I make choyfe to buy my Rammi/h Hawke,
about
 

Hawkes aud Hawking. 9

 

about the latter end of Wchaelmas terme; or if 1
can learne that there are more Hawkes comming
before Chritmas, | will tarry their comming, for
thofe Hawkes doe not-fhew themfelues out of
the great couerts vntill after Saint James: And to
buy one of them in the beginning of Michaelmas
terme that hath beene fo long taken, and done fo
little for her felfe, I like not, but I will hope fora
more late taken Hawke, which when I haue, I fol- How /degin
low in this manner. I continue her vpon my fift ae
tenne dayes ora fortnight, (vnleffeina fhorter time
I finde her a found Hawke) which I fhall the foo-
ner vnderftand, becaufe I fee how fhe putteth ouer Z/is mut be
her meate, how fhe doth indue it; and if there be iad oe
any doubt of her well-doing, there fhall hardly a
mute efcape my fight whofoeuer doth carry her
for me, for fhe fhall be well affured to find no
other perch then the fift, from that time I rife vn- Zius you
till I goe to bed, when fhe fhall goe with me; and if i foe
in this time I finde it fit, fhe doth not faile to haue gpaz in fo
cafting. I finde no time loft in this courfe, for in longa
this time I will raife my Hawke and giue her7°™/70 h
ftrength, and fhe will be the leffe time after-fhe is
vnhooded before fhee doth flye; my caftings that My manner
I giue, are Thrums, gotten of the Weauer, I get e ae ae
them wafhed, but not with Sope, I cut the threads yiy¢,°
an inch long or leffe, and I fize them out for afmall
cafting, and giue them lofe with her meate; or o-
therwife, I tye vpon the thrids two or foure {mall
knots, leauing fome thrids open at the end of ei-
ther knot; otherwife I giue plumageand fome {mall

bones,.
 

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bones, if the fowle like me, the bones of that part
of the wing that is vfually broken from the Par-
tridge. Flannell I could neuer approue of, neither

The Feathers did 1 euer vfe the iukes and feathers of a houfe-
of the Houfe- Doue, for they (by reafon of their owne dung

Doue not
good.

For peppe-

ring.

A reafon
why thus.

they fit in) are hot and ftrong in fauour. I am care-
full not to make my cafting too great; I thinke
there is no man but hath that care if hee but vnder-
take to feed.a Hawke. When I find my Hawke in
ftrength of body and ftomacke bettered, I proceed
to peppering, (for I will let nothing efcape me vn-
fet downe in the whole pra¢tife of my Hawke, vn-
till I haue made her flying) and although peppe-
ring be as commen with euery man as feeding, yet
becaufe I haue knowne and heard of many Hawks
that haue dyed vpon peppering, when I had youn-
ger experience, I grew very carefull thereof, and
I tooke this courfe: Firft, I made my water feeth,
and then I put thereto a quantity of pepper, anda
leffe quantity of Stauef-acre pounded fmall; I put
in the leffe of both, becaufe I feeth them in the wa-
ter, which maketh the water ftrong: When the wa-
ter had fod a while, I did ftreine it through a fine
linnen cloth, which fhould fuffer neither Pepper
nor Stauef-acre to goe through, and therein I
would then wafh my Hawke. My reafon why I
doe not alow of, nor vfe the common courfe of
peppering, is this; The water not {trained through
a cloth, the Pepper hangeth in the Hawkes fea-
thers, and when fhe falleth to pruning of her felfe,
fhee oftentimes getteth it into her beake, and fo it

hangeth
 

Hawkes azad Hawking. II

 

hangeth either vpon the tongue or in the mouth

of the Hawke, and fetteth it on fire, the heate and

diflike whereof maketh many Hawkes to caft Z/pecially

their gorge, and fo their fickneffe encreafing, they ee ay

dye. Befides, I haue come many times to fome /ound.

places foure or fiue daies, or a weeke after that

they haue peppered their Hawkes: And I haue

feene the backe part of their wings red fo long af-

ter their peppering: There may thereupon grow

(although not fodainely) an incurable blifter,

which will lame his Hawke, and her Matter fhall

neuer know how it commeth; but with the rough- 47 office ill

neffe of the Pepper, and with the ill handling of hermes:

them that haue executed that office, I haue many

timesfeen the skin in that place rubbed off. Ifany

man will follow my courfe he may, if not, let this

warne him of the inconueniences that follow the Azoyde

other, many Hawkes hauing dyed vpon peppe- 7 #77

ring, my reafon can finde no other caufe than pres

what is aforefaid, or elfe a great fault in her kee-

per, that would put his Hawke to fuch a hazard, 4 fault in

before he had made her body able and fit for it. 7¢” Ae”.

My place of peppering fhould be in a very

warme room, although the fire were not very

great I cared not, my time fhould be in the eue-

ning, and for my company I cared not how ma-

ny both men and dogs, the more the better, for Zhe carneft-

then the Hawke feeing fo many things, that any oe

one of them might give offence alone, there 18 yyinos, the

now fo much change, men, dogges, fire-light, and “</fé fhe will

candle-light, that fhe looketh at all, and knoweth °” 2%
C2 not
 

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not which to be afraid of. Befides, fhe hath a de-
fire to dry her felfe, and fo let her continue vntill
fhe be dry, and hath picked her felfe, by that time
I would thinke it time to giue her fome meate,
& that fhould be but a little: fhe had none aboue

Let her haue one houre before I beganne to pepper her; my

no meate a-
boue when
you pepper

her.

Sit not fill
in manning
your Hawke.

A good
meanes to
man your
Hawke.

Obferue this.

hoode is layd away with no purpofe to handle it
before foure and twenty houres were fpent, that
night fhe neuer went from my fift, but when I
entreated my friend to eafe me. But note, I fel-
dome did fit ftill with her, but I would walke, and
when I walked, or whether I fat ftill, I would en-
treate my Hawke not to be idle, but in this man-
ner to walke and trauell with me, very often tur-
ning my hand gently, forward and backeward,
whereby my Hawke fhould be made, leifurely, to
remooue her feete one after another, forward and
backeward. I had rather fhe fhould gently re-
mooue a foote, then with anger ftrike a wing, and
the often remoouing her foote will faue her ma-
ny abate. It may be your Hawke (good friend)
fhall want that attendance that mine hath had
for a fortnight before, if you faile in the begin-
ning, looke for no fuccesfull ending, it is very like
you fhall finde it at this time, when fhee will di-
{temper and ouer-heate her felfe with bating,
which my former courfes taken with my Hawke,
affureth me that I neede feare no fuch thing. To
proceede, I with my Hawke vpon my fift walke,
and I entreate her to doe fo likewife, by the gen-
tle remoouing her feete, which fhe fhould pra¢tife

that
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 13

 

that night either upon my fift, my friends, or my
mans; towards the morning (if the weather Loaf not the
would giue me leaue) I walke abroad with fome 77”.
company, both men and dogs: and howfoeuer
the weather was, I would euer be abroad at the
breake of the day, and fo continue fo long as I
could conueniently. If my Hawke were vnquiet, 47 Hawkes
it would be about, or rather before, the Sunne ri- 27¢ #ien
feth, it is a time wherein all creatures {pirits are poh "
quickened: Although my Hawke hath been thus five.
truely watched, yet I fhould finde in her a natu-
rall working and ftirring, as though fhe had fom-
thing to doe; then to put her out of that humor,
I would haue either the wing of a Mallard, Pullet,
or fuch like, to fet her a-worke, and put-by thofe
thoughts which nature taught her, and teach
her to alter nature. All this while I haue both
company and dogs with me; as I finde caufe I
goe into the houfe, where I and my Hawkewalke,
fhe walking vpon her feet as well as I vpon mine,
I would tend her many times with tyring and
plumage: And thus either vpon my fift or vpon
fome mans elfe, fhe fhould fit and walke all that
day, for I thinke that is the day of marring or ma-
king ; and this I thinke that if fhe fhould be fet
down vpon a pearch but whileft I fhould change Avow her
my Gloue, fhe would be more impaired thereby ” noe but
then fhe would profit in tenne dayes trauaile, ” pert lye
being compared to my courfe herein taken, and
which I vfe, and will take two nights and two
daies together. I affure you that I haue neuer

C3 met
 

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Already fo-
ciable,

met with that Hawke that hath fhewed her felfe
froward or vnruly, no not this firft day, neither
fhall I euer doe, if I order her after this manner.
Well this day is {pent in this manner, euening ap-
proacheth, and biddeth the Hawke take her reft,
which I] haue euer found her very ready and wil-
ling vnto, & fafhion her felfe to take her vp lodg-
ing vpon my fift, neither owning nor looking for
other pearch. Now fhe is conformable vnto my
will, fhe is euen already become familiar and fo-
ciable, and fo I will continue her. Now I fhew
her the hoode, which my care hath before-hand
prouided, and made very large, I thinke fome-
what larger then is ufuall, but much larger at the

Take care to top of the beake then I euer faw vfed. My hoode
haue a very made fit and eafie, I would offer to put it on,

eafie hood.

which at that time I could neuer haue my Hawke
diflike. Thus I would vfe her with hooding and
vnhooding that night; and then would I be-
thinke mee whereof my Hawke was likelyeft to
diflike or be afraid; I would now feeke out the
Smiths Forge, and there fhee fhould endure the
blowing of the fire, and knocking of the Anuill,
and the fparkes flying about the fhop. I pray
you marke, it is not long fince fhee was begunne
with, and what I haue done to her I haue deliue-
red plainely, belieue me within this little time,and
with this my fmall paines, I haue made my hawke

Whowillnot {uch as fhe would not be diftempered, diforderly,

take this
courfe?

froward, or more vnruly, but that I haue feene
flying Hawkes much worfe. It will be no hard
matter
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 15

 

matter to watch her this night, but it will be al-

moft vnpoffible to keepe her waking. I haueheard

of fome that haue watched their Hawkes feauen

nights and as many dayes, and ftill fhe would be

wilde, Rammt/h, & diforderly. Know (good Rea-

der) that a little fleepe will fuffice nature in any

creature, and when a Hawke is vpon the fift, the

man fpending his time with fitting ftill, talking, or

at Tables, hee may be vertuoufly fpending his

time in reading the Scripture; in this time his

Hawke fits ftill, fhe hath no exercife, and there is

little difference in this, either to be vpona pearch

or his fift: hee may fay, if I fhould fet her vpon

a pearch, whenfoeuer it were in her fight fhee

would bate to goe to it; I aske what is the diffe-

rence betweene bating to goe to the pearch, or 7 doe not al-

bating to flye from all things elfe ? And thus you ae She

fhal neuer haue her awell-manned Hawke. What ‘fez yson a

are the difcommodities that follow a Hawke thus search.

manned? She will endure nothing, becaufe fhee

hath not beene made acquainted with any thing;

for when her Mafter or keeper fhould fee her to

take offence or diflike, hee will auoyde that be-

caufe fhe fhall not bate: Another-while he cry- 42 which J

eth out, come not in the taile of my Hawke; but eddie

whofoeuer fhall vndertake the courfe:that I haue pg ynzo,

vfed, he fhall finde his Hawke feldome apt to take

any offence at all. Ina mans much fitting ftill in

the time of manning his Hawke, an eafie appre-

henfion will finde a great errour, for when the Zofit/il/an

man fitteth ftill, the Hawke fitteth ftill, and if fhe #3”
hath
 

16 Bert's Treatife of

 

hath been truely watched, although fhe doth not

winke or fhut her eyes, yet her heart may be faft

fleeping; or if it be in the day, fo long as her kee-

per fitteth ftill, fhe will be quiet, but let him but

ftirre and walke, fhe liketh not that, fhe hath fit-

ten quietly vpon his fift, and fhe is very loath to

haue that cuftome broken. Euery Auftringer of

any experience knoweth, that a Hawke thus vfed

will thus bate. Why is it fo? Not becaufe her

eyes meete with that which fitting {till fhee faw

not, but becaufe now fhe meeteth labour, fhee is

angry and difcontent, becaufe fhee is not as fhee

was fitting at eafe. A Hawke before fhe is truely

manned (that hath been fet & vfed vnto a pearch)

He is in an will perpetually bate to be there. I hold ita great
jo pee , €fror to fet her hooded, becaufe fhe fhould not fee
his Hawke Whereon fhe fitteth; for fure I am this fafhion will
hooded before breed more than a little inconuenience, and yet
ye oa hereby there is no loue gained from his Hawke,
, I haue obferued that it is much walking with

my Hawke that hath wrought fuch good effect

The Authors in her; for in my walking and turning, her eye
obferuation. doth ftill behold change of obiects, and the ftir-
ring of her feete doth worke as much or more

good in her, for that maketh her defirous to fit

ftill, and defirous of eafe, which bating doth not

giue, and in the firft making faueth her many a

bate. Asat my firft beginning I labor to acquaint

her with whatfoeuer a Hawke may diflike; fo my

The meanes manner of working this, is by that meanes, which

is moft nece- otherwife fhe would diflike, and that is carriage,
Sary. anal
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 17

 

and in this beginning to make my fift her pearch,
vntill fhe be fuch as I would haue her, which this
night and the next day fhall make her, for this
night is but the fecond night; and now my chie-
feft practife is the vfing her to the hoode, which
fhe will as familiarly take as the Faulcon. I will
fhew you my manner therein: I fhew her the
hoode, put it to and ouer her head many times,
I finde her fo truely manned, as that fhee will no
more diflike the ftroaking therwith, then the bare
hand, I put it on gently and very leifurely, and
I could neuer meet with any diflike hereof in my
Hawke; I would either put it on with my full
hand, or elfe holding it by the taffell, whereby Od/eruethis.
you may know that it was lefurely & gently done,
which wil be a means that fhe fhal neuer hereafter
be coy of it: But if my fine Auftringer will thew
his dexterity and nimbleneffe of the hand, and
with his finger in her necke thruft her head into
the hoode, if he miffe the right doing it, the next
time he commeth in fuch a manner, he may per-
adventure finde her diflike, this is the next way
to make her thinke her head fhall be pulled off ;
for the putting it on in fuch a quicke manner, or
thrufting her heade into the hoode with the finger Auoyde al/
behinde, will make the-Hawke vnderftand that it an onkind-
is no kindneffe, but violence and churlifh vfage, “
which muft neuer be offered a Hawke, and then
you fhall perhaps finde her diflike your hand and
hoode comming to her, and fo being a little coy
or angry, neuer be content to carry her beake

D right,
 

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Beware of
hafty hoo-
ding.

right, but turne it in the hoode; and fo my fine
quicke hand bobbeth his Hawke, and maketh her
vtterly diflike the hoode.

There is no way but gentleneffe to redeeme a
Hawke fo bobbed, and therefore I aduife thee
not to truft to the quickneffe of the hand, but ra-
ther to hold the hoode by the taffell to her head,
& then to put it on leifurely, with a light carriage.
You may fay the will not fuffer this; fo thinke I al-
fo, after fhe hath once taken a diflike thereof; but
I {pake in the beginning how to vfe your hoode, |
fo as fhe fhall neuer with fuch vfage take diflike
thereof: vfe her as I haue vfed mine, and you fhall
finde yours as I finde mine ; Admit your Hawke
fhall turne her head away from the hoode, I

I could neuer know fhe will not bate from it, perhaps fhe will

jinde more

diftemper.

She will

jinde no hurt

in leifurely
hooding.

likewife turne her body by the remoouing one or
both of her feete; vpon the putting her head a-
fide, I would ftill holde my hoode within an inch
of her head, vntil fhe fhould turne her head, and
then to put it on leifurely; but if the ftirre her
body and remooue her feete, then pull backe
your hand, and by turning your body and your
fift whereon fhe fitteth, fet her right and fit, and
then holde the hoode gently to her nofe, which
fhe will be willing to put her head into, rather
then ftirre any more, for fhe knoweth there is no
hurtenfueth. I could with ordering of my hawke
(as I haue already fet downe) neuer finde any
Hawke at a worfe paffe then fo. Well, the is now
wel made acquainted with the hood, the morning

commeth
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 19

 

commeth, which I haue faid before, reuiueth all Aforning
her fpirits, which before were heauie and dull, at 2”2 ae
the breake of day getting company and dogges 7, a
with mee, or in the Towne, or rather where I hawke weil
fhould meete moft paffengers, there would I be “*##oned.
walking, hooding my Hawke, and fometimes let

her feede after her hooding: After one or two

houres being abroad I would into the houfe a-

gaine, where my Hawke fhould fhew her felfe as

fociable and familiar as a Lanner. I vfe alto-

gether a lowe pearch, which fet in the middeft,

or in fuch place of the roome wherein. I was, as

that both men, women, children & dogs fhould

goe by her, I did not feare although they did Zhzir defire
wipe their Gownes againft her, I ewer found %a/e will

them fo glad of their eafe. aioe
Thefecond day, I know my hawke is as wel man- éhings, and

ned as I can defire, it may be I will fet her downe ae see

vpon fuch a lowe pearch, and in fuch a place as I pga!

haue forefaide, and I know there fhee would fit, / things.

not fearing any thing, and not making one bate

in two or three houres, (if I would let her fit fo

long, which as yet I muft not) vnleffe hunger

fhould enforce her to ftirre. I make no doubt but awe fome-

fhe would be very gentle to take vp, if fhe doe ee .

not iumpe to the fift. Now I follow her with Sy jenn

caftings, and I keepe her vpon my fift vntill I goe

to bed, and now I am able to gouerne her, not

needing any more helpe, and yet I pray thinke, 4 Hawke

that I know if fhee be not held and kept in this "4? Ff ait

good perfection, fhe will fall againe: But all this 4.,réai0n.
D2 I
 

20 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

I am able to doe, onely with late fitting vp and .
early rifing. I feede her fo as that I know fhe fhall
caft betimes, which I will carefully looke for one
houre before day; and when I take her vp I will
furely pleafe her with fomething, then I fall to my
olde Trade againe, walking abroad as I did be-
fore, vfing her hoode as I finde caufe. I neuer
call her aboue eight or terine yards, vntill I finde
that fhee is bolde enough and not fearefull, and
that fhe be farre in loue with my voyce, which I
neuer faile to giue her, euen from the beginning
of her feeding, vntill fhee is flying, and that is
lowde enough, as if I were to call her thirty or
forty fcore, although I call her but ten yardes.
Well, when I beginne to call her in cranes, al-
though it be for fo.[mall a diftance, it fhall be done
from the hoode, and from the fift of another man,
in manner as your long-winged Hawke is lewred:
and when I call her twice or thrice at a time, be-
tweene euery calling I put on her hoode, and fo
ftill I haue her let in from the hood: Who know-
eth not that a Hawke fet down vpon a ftile,
blocke, or any other conuenient thing, when fhe
fhall with the often feeing the Cranes drawne
After fre is at length, and her keepers accuftomed manner in
once called calling her, foone learne to know that now fhee
ai fhall be fed, & will be ready to follow him before
will not let he can get twenty yards from her? Butall this is
him goe fue nottothetruepurpofe. I havefeena Haggartwith
yards. : :
foure dayes calling, not fuffer the going from her
fiue yards, but fhe would haue been at his elbow,
after
 

Hawkes aud Hawking. 21

 

after fhe had beene once fet downe, and yet fhe
was far enough from the perfection of comming ;
for it is the voyce that muft not onely in this, but Ze voyce is
in greater matters, worke a good effect in my ee we
Hawke. As I am thus calling my hawkeincranes, z pees tae
itis very certaine fhe will foone come to that vn- Hawke.
derftanding as that fhe will bate vpon hearing my
voyce, before fhe be vnhooded, I then ftay my
voyce vntill fhe be quiet; then I call againe, and
then ftay my voyce vntill fhe be vnhooded: and
againe, I giue my voyce, not holding out my fift,
vnieffe I fee her comming: My experience hath
taught mee to ftay her, and not to let her come
vntill fhe be quieted, becaufe I haue feene long 4 rea/on.
winged hawkes, (with which profeffion I haue
made an end thirty yeares fince) let into the lewer
in the time of their bating, when they haue had
their eye prefently fetled vpon fome other farre
remote from the lewer, whether they haue pre-
fently gone, and then not come to the know-
ledge, could not finde the lewer, and fo haue
beene loft. I fpend two, three, and often foure
times of the day thus in calling my Hawke, then 7 cal my
for the day, for the moft part my fift is her pearch, ae
and if I fet her downe, it fhall be euer vponalowe ~~
pearch, where all forts of people and dogs fhall wow 7 be-
trauell by her, and where fhe fhall fee the fire ftir-/2~¢ Se
red and blowen, and wood brought thereto, and ~ iii
diuers other fuch like obie¢ts: She will not for
any, or all of thefe make a bate. In this manner
I haue trained my hawke, that when fhee hath

D3 beene
 

22 Bert’s Treatife of

 

beene a flyer. I durft fet her downe vpon a Vel-
uet ftoole, in a cleanely kept dyning-Chamber
or Parlour, as the place was whereunto I went,
for I would haue my Hawke as much in my
eye as could be; perhaps. I fhould fee the Lady
or Miftreffe of the houfe looke difcontentedly
hereat, fo well haue I beene acquainted with my
Hawkes good difpofition, that I haue promifed
Anger and if my Hawke fhould make a mute in the roome,
eee - I would licke it vp with my tongue; for well I
many mutes, Kew no angry mute fhould come from her,
; otherwife fhe would not mute; And I knew
well (vnleffe I were negligent, which I would
neuer be) that fhe would not ftirre vntill hunger
did prouoke it: This for the day.
In the euening when I had called and fupped
her, then I would no more let her part from my
fift, but continue her vntill I fed my felfe, it may
be if I had fuch meanes fhe fhould be vpon the
fift for that feafon alfo, and fo vntill I went to
bed, (which the loue to my Hawke would not
haue me haften.) In the morning before day I
would affuredly haue her vpon my fift, and fol-
low her in fuch manner as I haue formerly done,
There cannot thinking that I could neuer be too frequent with
be too much my hawke, nor fhe with me. My inducements to
iss carry her thus in the euening, and night, would
manand make her loue meas her perch, and by my taking
Hawke. er vp fo early in the morning, I would perfwade

her that there had beene her pearch all night: But

whether my hawke will haue this louing appre-

henfion,
 

Hawkes axd Hawking. 23

 

henfion, or no, I know not, yet I am affured it

worketh this benefit, that fhe will indure as much

or more than any other hawke not fo delt with ;

And it is this that maketh her fo willing to fit ftill

and take her'eafe, and not take offence, although

there fhould fly about the houfe fire, difhes, tren-

chers, and any thing elfe that would mad other

hawkes, they fhall not mooue her. Me thinkes I

heare fome man fay, I haue taken a very painefull

courfe in making my hawke. I aske who will not

faft one day to be affured that hee fhall feel no 4 gueftion.
want fo long as hee liueth? Worke but out your

taske in this fafhion, and you fhall during your

hawkes life finde none but playing-dayes. Let 4 freer
me not omit any thing in my proceedings; As for /a“ésfaction.
the hoode, I neuer in the houfe let her fit hooded

at all, and when fhe is a flying hawke, neuer
vnhooded in the field. Bee not negligent to-

wards your Hawke at no time, but efpecially

whileft fhe is in manning, if you be, fhee will

pay you for it in her flying. I am afraid to

be tedious, and I cannot more briefly deliuer

my practife and my experience, I would glad-

ly walke plainly, and giue unto euery man full
fatisfaction.

I fhould have forgotten one fpeciall benefit By shee
_that is gained by your three nights painefull fol- beak hy
lowing your Hawke, that is, fhe fhall not at all z,, roi a
weaken her felfe with many bates; alfo her fami- Cage, she
liarity will be fuch, as that you may thereby bet- rn - mee
ter her dyet in her:calling, and of a poore Hawke ‘fwenzy dayes.
, from
 

24

Bert’s Tveatif/e of

 

from the cage, make her {trong and full of flefh,
the contrary no doubt followeth thofe Hawkes
that are by fits dealt withal; one while carefully
watched and manned, and to another time neg-

The fruits of leted, and then their dyet fhortned to make

negligence.

Lf you will
Ahaue your
Hawke filye
well, let ‘her
be full of
fresh.

Paticnee ts
an excellent
vertue in an
Auftringer,

them conformable at a keeper without forme.
Hence proceed the marring of many hawkes, that
when they fhould be entered and flye, they are
fo weake, as they are not able to fhew what they
would doe if they had ftrength. If this be not
motiue enough to make you haue a care of your
hawkes decaying ftrength, and her falling of
flefh, then know that pouerty is the mother and
nurfe of all difeafes: I haue followed aduifing
too long, and left the deliuering of my practife.
Now to proceede therewith, my hawke is to be
called lofe, fhe fhall not be weakened or hanged
with draging her cranes about eight or nine
{core, and my manner is to call her thirty and
forty fcore before I put her into a tree, and I vfe
to call her at all houres in the day, I feare not her
comming home vnto me; but admit what I haue
not met with, that fhe falleth off and goeth to a
tree, it muft be want of a ftomacke that maketh
her doe fo, or want of weathering, or bathing,
which I will be fure fhe fhall not want, neither do
I thinke fhe fhould want a ftomacke, which if fhe
fhould want, that want will make her fit quietly,
and I had rather attend her pleafure with pati-
ence now, then when I amin fport. I will tell you
fomething touching this point: when I am

trauelling
 

Hawkes azd Hawking. 25

 

trauelled with my flying hawke, that is as louing

as fociable & conformable to my will in all compa-

nies and times as I can defire; yet, I do beare her

bare-fac’d for the moft part all my iourney, and

when I perceiue fhe groweth hungry, then I put

on her hoode, and if there be no prefent hope of a

flight, I fet her vpon the fift of one that knoweth

what doth thereunto belong, then I pray him to

ride hind-moft of the company, and I put my

felfe formoft ; then I call my hawke, when her 7 cal’ my

hoode being pulled off, fhe commeth by all the #ew#e af

company merrily to the fift; Vfe maketh perfect- 7 feed pow

neffe, thus I vfe my hawke, and fhe neuer receiues

meate from me, but I call her. It may be you will

be aduifed hereby to doe the like, if you once

finde the benefite thereof, you will hold the grea-

teft paine in effecting it, fweet contentment and Paine is re-

pleafure: But to my hawke which doth not fo, ae. Gee ath

(but granted fhe fhould do fo) make me waite her “4/7.

pleafure ; I am not hafty to call her vntill fhee

hath taken her pleafure: which with my obferua-

tion, I will foone difcerne, and then when I call

her, I know fhe will foone pleafe me, and fo con-

clude, we are both pleafed: but iffuch an accident

fhould befall me three or foure nights before |

went to flye her, I would now not faile but fhew

her a Partridge the next night, if I could get a you pail

hand Partridge it would pleafe me, if not, I would fad a reafon

not be at all forry; but fuch a chance hath fel Phere

dome befallen me, & therfore to hold on with my

true proceeding : when I haue my hawke perfectly
comming,
 

26 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

comming, ftrong and in all points fit to flye, the

night before I fhew her a Partridge, at Sunne-fet,

I fet her downe vpon fome ftile, gate, or raile, and

walke from her; I would chufe a place where there

fhould be many high trees, I would not giue her

my voyce vntill fhe went to a tree, but I would

keepe my felfe with my company twenty-fcore

from her, vnleffe I fhould haue one, whofe. eye

fhould attend her remoue, left fhee fhould goe

from me another way, whereby I fhould know the

better what I had to doe: when fhe doth remoue

and iet vp and downe, then I giue her my voyce,

which fhee is glad to heare; hauing taken her

downe, I fup her, not putting her vp any more,

This my rea- my reafon for this courfe, fo taken, is this; when

Jon formy my hawke is in a tree, that hath beene long kept
Sormer , : :

“Aying. and man’d by me, and a longer time bene kept in

bondage before fhe came to me, now fhe begin-

neth to know her felfe, and thinke of what fhee

hath formerly done for her felfe, fhe would get her

A Hawke Tupper, and it is fo late that fhee feeth nothing

may be fotted whereon to prey, and therefore when fhe fhall fee

ae the next night, what is in her power to command;

drawing af- you fhall not need to bid her goe, but fhee will

tera man. gine you caufe of ioy, to fee with what metall and

{pirit fhe flieth. No Partridge in the world can flie

from a good fhort-winged hawke, and the Pur

When you in her fpringing will make any hawke flie therto,

eae your if fhe haue been rightly ordered, and in ftrength.

awke looke ‘
he hath all 1 aduife you once more, be fure your hawke hath
her rights. all her rights, let her not haue any fmacke of

wildneffe
 

Hawkes avd Hawking. a5

 

wildneffe, nor want either weather or water. Itis

to be vnderftood, that I haue fhewed my hawke

water within two or three dayes after fhe hath

beene peppered, but it fhould be at a brooke, or

fome other grauelly place, fit for that purpofe,

holding my fift to the water, and the end of my

lines in my right hand, if fhe did not bathe at my

firft or fecond day fhewing her water, but refu-

fed, it fhould be that fhe had no defire to bathe,

and that when fhe refufed fo to doe, wildneffe or
Rammifhneffe fhould not be the caufe thereof: Let her not
if fhe did iumpe to the water, I would haue fome- 424 #0 jive
thing in my fift ready to fhew her, when fhe made“ J a
fhew of comming from the water ; which fhould shough you
make her euer after, when fhee had done, looke tea) nothing
for the fift, where fhe fhould dry, prune, and oyle ferent oe
her felfe, and as yet fhe neuer had other pearch to

weather vpon then my fift, neither fhal fhe vntil fhe

bea true flying hawke. Now for the place where

I would firft fhew her a Partridge, it fhould be in _

a champion, where Partridges will affuredly flye Zhe place to
to a hedge, then my hawke muft needs take ftand pe Meg
vpon a bufh in the hedge, for it is great oddes zjampion.
that fhe fhall not haue it in the foote, & although

fhe be farre behinde it, yet fhe will affuredly goe Hercof Fcan-
to the place, becaufe the loue of the Partridge in- ne a any
viteth it, & it is ods, that neerer then that fhe ae ee.
fhall haue no place fit to goe vnto; Well at the wer knew i
retroue, there is no doubt but fhee will haue it ; #7

but fay that my hawke either hath it in the foote,

or otherwife, that fhe was fo neere it that fhe hath

E 2 with
 

28 Bert’s Treatife of

 

with ftriking at it, in the fall beateitcleane through

the hedge, and there my Hawke fitteth vpon the

ground, it can prooue no worfe; if fhe haue it in

the foote we are all well pleafed. If fhe fit vpon

the ground I ftay both men and dogs, for it may

be it is notflicked. A Hawke that hath thus fhew-

A Hawke ed her mettle will not fit long fo, but vp unto a
o a, bough ; then I ride in quietly, if the Partridge be
is not fo dult there, it is very lucky, if not, I hold it no ill lucke
as to fit long to haue fo hopefull a young Hawke; but I goe
upon a prefently about to pleafe her, hauing a browne
ee Chicken in my bagge, the necke I pull in funder,
but breake no skinne, and tyed to my Lewers or

Cranes, holding the end in my hand, I throw it

out fluttering, and thereupon pleafe her as well
Apreuention as if fhe had killed a Partridge: I doe not tye it
ofeuill. +9 my Lewers, as fearing her dragging, or offring
to carry it, out of a wilde, Rammifh, or any other

Vfe the fame j\\ difpofition ; for I haue before this tyed a dead
noua Foule to my Cranes, and throwne it out vnto her,
amongft men, dogs, and Horfes, walking about

her, and thereon I let her take all her pleafure,

but by little bits of warme meate I fup her from

my hand, letting her wholly fee all that I doe,

vntill I fee her ready to forfake the quarrie to

catch my hand, then I deliuer vp more couertly,

vntill I haue her iumpe to my fift, where with

plumage or tyring I end her fupper. You fhall

Expeéta oct- hereafter finde a better benefit to many purpo-
ter bengit. {es by your dealing with your Hawke thus. Thus
I reward my Hawke vpon her Partridge, and the
commodities
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 29

 

commodities thereof exceed their vnderftanding
that haue not made vfe thereof.

As I haue tolde you that I would choofe a
champion-Countrey wherein to enter my hawke,
yet it fhould be fo as that there fhould be fome
fmall hedges: And I haue alwayes this confide-
ration that I will well know, that whither I ride
there fhould haue beene no ftore of hawking, and
then I know they can flye no better then a hand
Partridge, and they will flye worfe at that feafon Choofe fuch
then fome Partridges doe that haue beene well a. . ae
flowne too, three weekes before Michaelmas. I fyers,
haue ridden out of Afex into Suffex, vnto the
Eaft part of the Downes there, to enter my
Hawkes; Where I haue not failed to doe it, to
the great woonder of the worthy Knights and
Gentlemen in thofe parts, and fome (right Wor-
fhipfull) in the Weft parts of thofe Downes can
witneffe, that in their company I haue killed for
the moft part of a moneth together with an enter-
mured Go/hawke, eight, nine,andtenne Partridges
inaday. The day of my going thither, and the
day of my returne to London, was iuft fiue weeks,
and it was a fortnight or more in AZichaelmas
terme when I came backe. I killed in that time
with that one Hawke foure-fcore and odde Par- A note of a
tridges, fiue Pheafants, feauen Rayles, and foure largequarry.
Hares again{t my will. This is not vntrue, for I
will prefent that much honoured Knight with
one of my Bookes, who faw all this done: And
euery man may know that we loft fome time with

E. 2 fogges
 

30 Bert’s Treatife of

 

fogges and raigne, and: my going and comming
{pent foure dayes.

I haue in the Eaft part fhowne fuch Hawkes,
as there was neuer feene the like there, and all
of them made in this manner, as I haue deliue-
red. If they had fallen in Fearne, or among
fome {mall fhrubbed Furzes, I would when I
came in but hold vp my hand, and fhe would
prefently be there; or if any man elfe got in be-
fore me, if he did not hold out his fift, fhe would

A fweet light vpon his head. Is not this a fweet comfort,
comport. for fo little paines? If your Hawke be followed
with flying as I vfe mine, you fhall haue no caufe
to complaine of the fhort-winged Hawke, that if
they fit ftill but one houre they are prefently
wilde, and care not for their keeper; you fhall ra-
ther haue a care to giue het eafe, fetting her ftill
(as I haue vfed mine) vpon a low pearch, and in
the greateft affembly, neuer hooded in the houfe;
and fo when fhe is to weather abroad vnhooded,
vpon a lowe pearch, neuer putting her in a cor-
ner to take weather and eafe in, for neither all nor
none of my Hawks will be difeafed, except of pur-
pofe foule play be offered, which I hope I fhall ne-
uer meet with. If it hath rayned, then you fhall be
The vfing of enforced to fet her high, for if fhe bate to come to
her toa little vy either when you come to take her vp or o-
meate as fhe ‘ 2
doth fit pon therwife, fhe fhall wet her wings, fo as fhe fhall
the pearch Jhaue more neede to weather, then when fhe was
willmakeher c+ out. So neere as I can remember I will omit

loue you, and : . ee
looke for it, nothing of my practtife. The manner of giuing

my
 

Hawkes aud Hawking. 31

 

my cafting was ouer-hand without any meate Ay manner
when I went to bed, although fhe had much meate of giuing
aboue, it did not hurt: Cafting thus giuen could ee
not hinder the putting ouer her meate, nor fhould

lye in her pannell with her meate, but after the

meate is gone then commeth the cafting that ma-

keth cleane, and carryeth away what is left; Thus

I doe before fhe is flying, but after fhe is flying

fhe will vpon every flight take fome plumage, and She prout-
therefore with the bones and feathers of a Pare foi
tridge winge I conclude her fupper. I neuer faile
giuing her caftings, for I can finde the perfect or
imperfect eftate of my Hawke no better then by

the knowledge of her caftings : And I thinke it

will giue the beft inftructions to a young begiri- 4 helpe for
ner, euen to know the times of feeding his hawke, # 7ovs 4u-
and fo by his diligent obferuation come to better/””8°"
vnderftanding; I thinke caftings are as naturall

as meate: For mine owne part, from the begin-

ning of Hawking, vntill after W/zchaelmas, I haue

giuen two caftings, and receiued two euery day

from my Hawke, and fometimes three.

I muft explaine my felfe thus ; ‘When I haue 42 explana-
early in the morning killed a Partridge, and giuen 7” se -
my Hawke the head in her foote, which I fudden- funder:
ly get againe, for if I fhould giue her leaue to eate /vo7.
all the heads, I muft not flye fo often as I doe,
but fo foone as fhe hath the head, I quickly pull
out the heart, and breake off the winge, and then
holding the heart to her, and bruifing it betweene
my finger and thumbe, fhe receiueth it at three or

foure
 

32

Bert’s Tveati/e of

 

Ax obferua-
tion.

About tenne
of the clocke
1 called my
Hawke.

foure bits, I continuing my hand ftill in his place,
and then cunningly I take vp the head, letting
her iumpe to my fift, where fhe fhall plume vpon
the wing, vntill I haue bitten the skull from the
braines, that fhe may haue them without bones.
But it hath thus fallen out, when I haue fo early
flowne my hawke, that fhe hath eaten the head,
which I haue beene willing to let her doe, and |
haue giuen the heart withall, becaufe there were
other hawkes to flye, and no great ftore of Par-
tridges ; by which meanes it would be long be-
fore my turne would be to flye againe, and it
hath fo prooued that I haue not flowne at all; but
ryding homeward, for fuch is my manner, euer
to call my hawke, I fet her loofe vpon a pair of
barres, going from her, preparing meate for her
dinner, when I had walked about fifty or three-
{core paces, I gaue her my voyce, fhe made no re-
{pect of it, that vfually vpon my firft call, would
be at my elbowe; I ftayed and maruelled, and be-
caufe the day was glorious, and the time dange-
rous to tempt a hawke to play the wanton, I went
backe (I muft confeffe) in fome feare, giuing the
faireft words I could to ftay her, left fhee fhould
remooue; good hawke fhe had no fuch thought,
but when I came neere her, fhe gaue mee a {mall
cafting that fhe had taken in the morning, and
then I gaue her another, which {hee repayde at

three of the clocke in the afternoone.
I haue many times (and lately) feene olde and
fuch as went for moft expert Auftringers, when
we
 

Hawkes axd Hawking. 29

 

we haue had a hawking iourney, beene afraide to This hath
haue any thing ftirre in their Chamber, for hin- ates - —
dring their hawkes from cafting, and to keepe the ahha a
curtaines drawne before the windowe, not fuffe-

ring the leaft light to appeare fo neere as they

can, for that would be another hindrance to their Fall not into
cafting, all this while they lye in bed and giue iat ag
aime, and when they are vp they are driuen to :
feeke darke corners, wherein to fet their hawkes

vntill they caft, when it were more fit they were

in the field to flye.

I dare not reprooue, I know they know their
owne errours. I was neuer yet inforced to ftay
for my hawkes cafting, neither doe you make any
doubt, if you will follow your hawke with that
familiarity as I have followed mine, either in.the
field, or in the houfe, carryed bare-faced in either [she bewild
places, fhe will caft, or in any of them, to pull off Ee
her hoode when fhe offereth to caft. Not long af-‘y,ohe her .
ter my hawke hath caft I vfually giue her a little put i ouer
meate; There is nothing but fickneffe, (a barre 87"
againft all good perfections) or wildenes, or ram-
mifhnes which maketh her ftare and looke about
her, which makes her afraid to performe thofe du-
ties, which otherwife fhe would do: The hawks no
better manned then fo, are many other ways more
defectiue and diforderly then fo. Thus much for
ordering my hawke with caftings for her dyet.

I haue flowne a hawke all one feafon, and ne- My manner
uer fed but vpon the beft meate I could, fhe neuer 7 eats
tafted Beefe, neither was her feathered meate (but ee, Lfeede.

F very
 

34 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

very feldome colde; and to helpe her better, a
night did hardly efcape me but I thruft out the
marrow of the wings of either Ducke, Pheafant,
Partridge, Doue, Rooke, or fuch like, breaking
the bone off at either end, and fo with a feather
the end cut off, driue it whole without breaking
into a difh of faire water, fetting my hawke loofe
This will pon the Table, I would giue it her betweene
keepe your my thumbe and finger, which fhe would much
ee defire, & very much ioy in, & would expeét fuch
kindneffe at my hands. The betterthe meateisthe
leffe will ferue ; your practife will foone tell you
The dife that there is difference betweene the wing of an
rence of meat olde Doue, and the wing of a young Pigeon, and
ts to be re- : : :
petted. fo much is the difference betweene the wings of a
Doue flying abroad for his foode, and the Doue
long kept in a mewe for prouifiion; although you
fhall finde the one leane, yet you fhall finde it ten-
der and moyft; and the Doue in the mewe, al-
though it be extreamely full of flefh, and with
his eafe and good feed layd with fat vpon the
necke, and vnder the wing, yet this pulled in
peeces you fhall finde it hard and extreamely
drye.

Now you vnderftand how I made my hawke
flying to the field, and if you will now fuppofe
her to be truely flying, and that fhe will tend vp-
on the Dogs fora retroue; for nature will quick-
ly teach her to know what good feruice the Spa-
niell doth her: Say by fome ill accident I miffe a
flight, the Partridge may be runne into a Cony

hole ;
 

Hawkes avd Hawking. 35

 

hole; it is in Kenda fafe and common refcue: or Wature tea-
the hawke may ftrike at it in the fall, and fo the eae 7 j
Partridge flicke. In Suf/ex Ihauefeene twoflights ie her ie
in one after-noone loft, the Partridge would fall 4y any
vpon the hedges which were a roc. broad in fome ”4”*
place, very thicke, and neuer come to the ground;

If (I fay) one of thefe or other fuch like accident

fhould befall me, otherwife I held it a very hard

matter to miffe a flight, and although I know (if I

would let my hawke alone, and beate to ferue her

with one other Partridge) that fhe would tend

vpon the Dogs, and fo kill it.

I dare do no fuch thing, for I know if I fhould Worthy7o be
vfe her much to that, fhe would fall better in loue 2 "27
with my Dogges then with me, for they anfwere
her attendance with fpringing a Partridge vnto
her, and after a few times fo ferued, although for
want of Partridges they cannot doe it, yet fhe will
expect it with fuch defire, as that fhe will neglect
my calling her, and fo in the end prooue an ill Let yourcare
commer, and then want no ill conditions; there 27% uch
is no readier way to teach her to catch a Henne; me
one fault begetteth another: If fhe fhould in this
following the Dogs light vpon an Hen, get fome
in your company to runne and catch her by the
legs, letting the Henne goe, if you haue none in
your company that can doe it handfomely, doe it
your felfe ; in fuch manner, and then fetting her
downe vpon fome conuenient place, call her and
giue her fome meate and plumage, and fo fhe will

be well reconciled, and not at all the more vnfit Make a re-
F 2 to concilement.
 

36 Bert’s Tveati/e of

 

to flye againe. Now] haue my hawke at this paffe

Ihawke to | defire to goe to the couert, if the couert be large
the Couert. 1 nut vp my hawke, not making queftion but fhe
will draw after the Dogs, although I fhould ftand

{till (the field hath taught her that;) If I ferue her

not in a quarter or halfe an houre, I take her to
my fift, and giue her fomething, and then I put.

her vp againe, and this bettereth my hawkes con-

ditions: But if I fhould with a vaine hope let her

The hawke {till drawe, and not ferue her, I feare very hunger
7 ”” will make her looke out to faue her life. The
hawke is not herein to be blamed, for extreame

hunger will make her keeper forget himfelfe. I

pray you note hereby, and by what I haue for-

merly faid, that your voyce, be it high or lowe,

neither your action in the couert, is that fhe loo-

keth for, for fhe will giue diligent attendance

vnto the Dogs.

If I{pring a Phefant, I cannot in the couert haue

my Dogs at that commaund that I haue them in

The field the field. Let me make all the haft I can after my
hath taught Wawke, I might miffe of the quick finding her, if by
her better. my dogs quefting I were not drawne where fhe is;
it is ten to one fhe will not hunt for it vpon the

ground, if fhe fhould it will teach her wit; but it

is more likely that fhe will, if the couert with

Broome or Furzes be not thicke in the bottome

but that fhe may fee it, fhe will as it runneth tend

it, flying ouer it from tree to tree, and when the

Dogs doth fpring it, fhe is fo ouer it, as that it will

neuer rife to goe to a high pearch, if it fhould the

hawke
 

Hawkes avd Hawking. 37

 

hawke would haue it before it come there, and 7 hane feene
then falling amongft the Dogs they ftriue who pies
is moft worthy: All this is quickely done, and be- oe ae
fore the Faulconer can get in to them; it may be
you fhall finde your hawke to enioy it, if it be
with fome contention all the better for my
hawke, for it will forbid her not to be too hot of
a Pheafant vpon the ground, and you fhall with
your practife finde the profit of it as I haue done;
for in the killing of more Pheafants than I will
name, and I thinke in feauen yeares hawking to
the Couert, I neuer had caufe to ery, Here ret:
For if my hawke hath it not in the foote the firft
flight, when I know my Dogs will not meddle
with it, then I fhall before I can get to them affu-
redly here a baye, and my hawke ouer the head
of it, when hauing been well flowne, the feare of
the hawke maketh the Pheafant fit faft: An Zyas
hawke would be hotter, and it may be ftrike at it,
and miffe it, and fo ftrike her felfe vnder the Phe- Thus may a
fant, and then if the Pheafant goeth out vpon that ee
oe . " ea
aduantage, it is loft without great lucke. Your Pyeajant.
Rammifh hawke will not often lofe a Pheafant
thus, fhe partly forbeareth, becaufe the Dogs are
fo hotly baying, and it may be fhe hath met with
fome rough dealing amongft them before, but Which 7
fhe will fo tend it as that fhe will challenge it ior
her mafter: And I haue euer had fuch fucceffe’y,, 4,2
with fuch hawkes, as what with their true flying fyi.
and diligent attendance at the retroue, I fhould
feldome finde the Pheafant but fo high as that I
B3 might
 

Bert’s Tveatife of

 

Loue a Par-
tridge better
then a Phea-
fant.

might take it downe with my hand, or elfe fhake
it downe in my armes; which done, I would goe
to a conuenient place, whether my hawke would
diligently wayte vpon me, and there holding it
by the legs, I fhould foone haue my hawke vpon
the body, but I would cleanely put her to the
head, couering the body with my Hat or Gloue,
I would not fticke to pleafe her well: Notwith-
ftanding, fome mens opinions are, that if they be
well rewarded, and kindely pleafed vpon a Phea-
fant, they will forbeare the true ftiuing Partridge:
I know not whether my difcretion hath fo pre-
uailed with my hawkes, or their own good difpo-
fitions haue wrought fuch vnderftanding in
them ; but affuredly I neuer had hawke that I
haue had the handling of from the beginning,
but they haue loued a Partridge much better
then the Pheafant.

It may be a wonder to fome why I defire not
to haue my hawke take a Pheafant from the
pearch, and further wondred at, why I fhould
allowe of fome contention betweene my hawke
and Dogs. I vnderftand that generally all dogges
are hotter in the couert then in the field, and I
may meete with dogs, that if fhe fhould not be
coye of them, they would endanger her life, efpe-
cially if fhe fhould catch a Hare, and fo might my
owne dogs doe againft their will. I haue feenea
Pheafant when the hawke hath come to ftrike at
him at the pearch, chop to another bough with
fuch skill, as that hee hath gotten a long bough

betweene
 

Hawkes axd Hawking. 39

 

betweene him and the hawke, and with his cun-
ning remoues beate the hawke out of breath, and
in all this conflict would ftriue to get aboue the
hawke; and when he hath had this aduantage,
goe proudly away, and leaue the hawke out of
breath, or vnable to follow.
It may likewife be faid that I am too perempto-
ry in my opinion, in prefuming my hawke fhal kill
the firft Partridge: For myopinion to the couert,
hauing my hawke fo familiarly made, as that in
the field fhe is wel pleafed with my louing dealing
with her, and will attend my comming in to her,
not fearing any thing fo I be by her: fo would I
haue her in the couert wholly to relye vpon mee,
and be confident that when I fhall come vnto
her, fhee fhall haue her defire fatisfied; fhe will
foone vnderftand thus much, with vfing her in
fuch manner as I haue fore-tolde; and as for my
hawke I am moft confident in her entring her
felfe, fhe hath no way beene weakened, fhe is fa- Make her
miliar, ftrong, and able, and I know nature hath Tee
taught her to do the beft fhe can. elfe her
You haue formerly been told how and where /ength and
I would enter my hawke, at Partridges that had dahee
not beene flowne at, and in faire flying; I aduife conditions.
you what to doe, by telling you what I haue
done.
I was entreated to flye a Go/hawke of my neigh-
bours, that would not kill a Partridge, nor had
killed one that yeare; I flew her to the couert,
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40 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

The couert where | fo encouraged my hawke, as that Winter
pa on wt fhe proued a good Partringer. This approoueth
eee ey ~ that the flying to the Couert doth not hinder a
field. Hawkes mettle in the field.

I did know Sty Edward Suliard, a Knight of
high eftimation in that Art, as well as otherwife,
for his worthy difpofition, flye a foolifh Go/
hawke at Blacke-bird and Thrufh, and he was
glad when he had gotten her to that perfection,
to beate it into a hedge or bufh: he did it to make
her know that fhe had a commanding power o-
uer Fowle, if fhe would put her felfe to it; fhe
proued a very good Hawke.

Hawkes I know many will fay they haue had Hawkes,

that are once that if they had once-feene a Pheafant, that then

flown to the 5 :

Pheafant they would kill no more Partridges that yeare: It

will flye no is very like there haue been many fuch; and as

ae ise, I confeffe that, fo I pray you giue mee leeue to
" thinke that the fault was not in them, but in the

vnskilfulneffe of their Keeper.

Some men fo foone as their Hawkes giue vp
a Partridge, doe prefently worke vpon them with
fcourings, and then pinch them and fhorten their

How they dyet, by which meanes they are vnable to kill a

as Partridge, or thereby their courage is fo taken

a Partridge, from them, that they will not fhew what they are
able to doe.

I would aduife you herein, but all is in the
practife and handling; I will tell you my courfe,
if I meete with fuch a. Hawke, and my reafon for

it,
 

Hawkes and Hawking. AI

 

it, contrary to moft mens opinions, I fet vp my
reft that in tenne dayes I will flye my Hawke no
more; but I ftriue with all the Art I haue, to Ref increa-
bring her to as much courage and ftrength as Seth firengtl
euer fhe had, with good meate, and fome other ele
deuices I would practife vpon her, (wherewith
you fhall meet amongft my receits, fet forth for
cures.) I would now haue more care in ma-
king this Hawke, for it is credite to make of a Herein iruc
Buffard a good Hawke. oo.
It is not my meate and dyet I giue her mutt"
alone effect this in my Hawke, but a diligent
care ouer her for other wants, as manning, ba-
thing and weathering, all fpeciall meanes to
make a hawke ioy in her felfe; and fhe fhall
bate as little as I can, for weakning her.
When I haue brought my Hawke to fuch
perfection, I dare promife to my felfe fhe thall
then doe as well and better than euer fhe did.
Although I haue beene tedious, and at large fet
downe my manner of practizing with the fore
Rammifh Hawke; yet I doe not thinke there
is any thing fet downe but fome will be con-
tent to haue the reading thereof: and let mee
deliuer this as my laft requeft.
When you haue made a perfect good 4 Hawke
Hawke, let her not be neglected, but keepe ae made
: i asheth finall
her fo; the keeping is much eafier then the sendance.
making her fo.
I affure you in all my proceedings, from
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/ was her
Jriend, she

my play-
fellow.

the firft to the laft with my Hawke, I neuer
found it painefull, but the comforts I had of
a goode conclufion fedde mee with fweete
contentment and pleafure. It now follow-
eth that I fhew how to reclaime any
fhort-winged Hawke from

any euill condition.

* *
*

THE

 
 

Hawkes azd Hawking.

 

        

ie wr, 6 N tie

i oe 2 (Sars
THE SECOND

TREATISE, OF
Flawkes and Hawking :

Wheretn the Auftringer is taught to veclaime

his Hawke from any ill-condition.

 

 

Cuap. I.

How to make a Hawke hoode well, that will not a-
bide the fight of the hoode, but bite at it,and with
her feete firtke at thy hand and hoode, bate,

JSuricke, hang by the heeles, and will not fiand up-
on the fift; and this /hall be done within fortie
eaght HOMES wath leffe then Sortie bates.

my thoughts a-worke to
finde out a fecret, whereby
a hawke fhould be brought
to like of that which fhe
did moft deteftably hate,
Sosa Sok, was that in my hearing, it
ae feca oan and many times faid, by many
Gentlemen, of which, fome would fay they
G2 would

 
 

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would giue forty fhillings, fome would giue fiue
pounds, and fome other would giue ten pounds
that their hawke would hoode well.

Many experiments I tryed, wherewith I
could haue hooded fuch a hawke well, which I
will not publifh, becaufe they brought as much
ill to the hawke in fome other kinde, as the well-
hooding fhould profit them. At length I thoght
of feeding a hawke through the hoode, cutting
the hole for her beake very wide, it is but the
marring of a hoode. I would haue the hole fo
wide, as when I did holde it by the taffell, fhe
fhould very eafily (when it was layd vpon the
meate) feede through it. I would continue fee-
ding her fo three or foure dayes, neuer offering
in all that time to put it on. But now that fhee
was growne familiar with the hoode, all feare
thereof forgotten, which fhe would fhow by her
bould feeding therein, and that fhe fhould make
no fhow of difliking my putting it ouer the
meate, and my taking it backe.

When I found her thus fecurely feeding, and
her head in the hoode, I would then gently and
lightly raife my right hand, a very {mall motion
will ferue, and fo leaue the hood vpon her head;
Take heed you giue her no diflike by the fodain
putting it on, and by the too high raifing your
hand in this your beginning with her; & haue as
great a care that fhe be throughly imboldened
with the hoode, before you offer to put it on:
with this practife, putting on her hood & pulling

it
 

Hawkes and Hawking.

45

 

it off, oftentimes in her feeding, you fhall effect
her taking the hoode to your defire; prouided
alwayes your practife be with patience and lei-
fure: for if you fhall pop it on fodainely, and
with hafte, you may thereby put her in minde
that thereby fhe tooke her firft offence: You
cannot wrong her by any other meanes; re-
member alfo to leaue her with the hoode vpon
her head when fhe is feeding.

This I did priuately deliuer to fome of my
friends, by word of mouth, aboue twenty yeares
fince, and fome did carefully follow my directi-
on, and did not faile, but brought their hawkes
to fuch perfection, as when fhee was moft dif-
contented, with a ftumpe of a Partridge wing he
would readily hoode her.

Others, whofe patience could not endure
the time whileft they were throughly embolde-
ned with the hoode, and would feede fecurely
and gently in it, would be offering to put it on;
and then what through her feare, and his hafty
carrying his hand, which encreafed her feare,
brought her to that paffe, that fhee would not
feede any more through the hoode, but with
fuch a cautill feare as that fhee would not be
hooded, but was then as ill as euer fhe was, and
fo much worfe, becaufe he had now bobbed her
with this tricke, whereby fhe might haue beene
taught.

Swolne big with defire to effect this by fome
more ready & eafie meanes, which might more

G3 {peedily
 

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{peedily be done, and truely performed. I had
an imagination of this courfe, which here I will
deliuer, by which meanes I brought fiue hawks
and Tarfels to as good perfection as I could de-
fire in the time of keeping my houfe and cham-
ber, being at that time very weake, and all of
them were as much difordered as hawkes could
be, and I deliuered them as gently hooding as
could be defired. After they came vnto mee,
and that I had beftowed them vpon the fift of
one of my people, I kept them vpon the fift, that
day they came vnto me, and that night they
were truely watched, after the former manner
of watching my hawkes, both man and hawke
to walke, or at the leaft the hawke to walke. So
foone as it was faire and light, I did male them
vp in a handkercher, (I pray you vnderftand
thus much, that it is not good fhee fhould be fed
before fhe be maled) making it very clofe about
the fhoulders and body: I would not male vp
the tops of her flying feathers, left I fhould
thereby marre the web of the feather; her legs
they were laid along vnder her traine, but to
faue her traine from breaking any feather, be-
caufe her legs and it muft be tyed together, I
plaite a large handkercher fixe times double,
and lay that vpon her legs vnder her traine, by
which meanes, by binding her vp, you cannot
bruife or cracke a feather. There is nothing but
all fafety in this courfe.

My hawke thus maled vp, I lay her vpon

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Hawkes aud Hawking.

47

 

a cufhion, and carry her vp and down vnder my
arme; She is now faft fhe cannot rebell, I offer
the hood, whereat although fhe ftrike, and ftriue
to ftirre, fhe cannot: fo foone as fhe is quiet, hol-
ding the hoode by the taffell, I gently put it on;
fhe cannot forbid it: thus I follow her hoo-
ding and vnhooding; I lay her vpon a Table, I
walke by her, I put it on, and pull it off very of-
ten; and if I fhall be made acquainted with any
thing that fhe cannot endure, I will then pre-
fent her with that: Say fhe will not abide the
fire, or not the blowing or ftirring thereof; I
walke vp and downe before the fire, which fhee
fhould heare blowne, and fee it ftirred and rat-
led together, fhe cannot bate nor hurt her felfe ;
and when fhe fhall patiently lye ftill, and finde
that it doth not hurt her, fhee will be the leffe a-
fraid therof, & inal this time I lofe nothing about
my other practife: It may be fhee is coye and
fearefull of the dogs, I lay her vpon the ground
with her cufhion, where fhe fhall for that time
haue familiarity enough with them: lying fo,
walking by her, I ply her with the hoode, and
fo I continue vntill night: When night commeth
I vnmale her; I haue had a hawke thus maled,
that in a winters day fhe hath not made a mute ;
admit fhee doth mute, it is great oddes fhee
fhall, fhe fouleth none but a few of her fmall
feathers about her tewell, which are prefently
wafhed with a fpunge without any hurt.

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When fhe is now unmaled, and fitteth vpon
my fift, fhe will take the hoode by Candle-light,
as well as fhe did when fhe was maled, which it
may be fhe would do before fhe came vnto me,
for many hawks will hood by Candle-light that
will not abide the fight of it in the day.

But for your better inftruction, it muft be
with holding it gently to her beake, which fhe
muft be as willing to put into the hoode, as you
are to put it on. I pray you let your own rea-
fon guide you thus farre; haftineffe to hoode
her, when fhe would not be hooded, brought
her to this imperfection ; therefore keepe you
as farre from that as may be, and in this practife
to doe it with as much leifure as may be. It is
not to be belieued how the leaft hafty motion
will put her in minde of what fhe hath formerly
met with. I watched her this night with the often
vfiing the hoode, and whether I did fit ftill or
walke, I would be fure fhe fhould not be idle;
belieue it, all this night fhe will take the hoode
as well as you can defire, but the queftion is for
the morning: Therefore I would be without
faile walking abroad in the morning before
day, and then and there follow my practife,
when it may be I fhall not finde him contrary
my defire: As I feede often in the night, fo now
I faile not, left hunger fhould make him ftur, if
he be not coye of the hoode, at or a little before
the Sun rifeth, if they be carefully handled they
are for euer made well hooding. I neuer had any

but
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 49

 

but one Tarfell, but with the night and day be-
fore, were made very gentle to the hoode, onely
that one Tarfell I was driuen to male vp againe
the fecond day; I muft let none of them all haue
their full reft that night; but when they are thus
made, they muft be followed, for feare they fall
againe : Be {ure to be abroad early in the mor-
ning, following her with the hoode; I hope this
is fenfibly to be effected by any man; But if my
hawke turne her head from the hoode, I pati-
ently attend her patience, holding my hoode to
her head, and with turning my hand fet her
right and fit to take it; but if fhe will be wilde Her wasch-
or angry, fhe cannot vnderftand me. ine ks
He that will vfe violence with a Horfe alrea- gon shat.
dy diftempered, and with fpurre or chaine adde
fury to furie, may perhaps at that time be de-
ceiued of his expectation : So, he that fhall deale
with a man in the time of his impatience, may Ax example
peraduenture at that time want of a reafonable °” ores é
hearing ; but giue the man time vntill that hu-?”
mor be fpent, and fo thy Horfe, and Hawke,
and they will all mildely attend thee.
If your Hawke be diftempered, and you
know no reafon why, vfe her not other-
wife but with a louing refpect, and affoone
as may be make a peaceable loue and reconcile-
ment betweene you; there is no indifferent hoo-
ding to be looked for by this manner of vfing
her, for fhe muft doe it well in the higheft de-
gree. Hereof I conclude, and fo I proceede to
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the recouery of all other ill conditions. And
firft for a Hawke that will royle and houfe.

Cuapr, II.

Howto bring a Hawke thatwillroyleand feeke for
Poultry at a houfe, to good perfection and fraid-
neffe, and how to get that Hawkes loue tn whom
an tll Keeper hath bred fuch carelefnes.

| a a man fhould deliuer among many Auftrin-
gers, (and fuch that would fcorne that any
man fhould exceede them in knowledge) that
there were a man that would and could recouer
a hawke to good perfeétion that were plentiful-
ly furnifhed with all faults, and wanted no ill
condition, I know they would laugh at him, and
fay it were a lye, and vnpoffible: But I auouch
it, and am warranted through my practifed ex-
perience, not to blufh or care for what they fay ;
but this I aduife them that ftand affected to
company and good-fellowfhip, to haue care
how to order their hawkes, for now their ma-
fters fhall finde, that diligence will effect any
thing, and not vfing carefull diligence there is
no good to be gotten at their Hawkes hands.
But now to make proofe of my Art, and for
thy inftru€tion (good Friend) you are to note,
you are to deale with hawkes that haue beene
ill handled, and not to beginne with them as
with hawkes from the Cage, for fhe will royle
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51

 

and houfe, which at the firft did come by her
not comming, and her not comming was want
of loue to her keeper; for if fhe had fo loued her
keeper as that fhe would haue come to him, hee
had beene out of his wits, if hee would haue let
her alone to royle, and houfe.

I cannot otherwife thinke, that hauing this
fault, but fhe is withall wilde & rammifh, which
might be a fecond meanes to make her trauell in
this fort, and therefore your firft courfe muft be
by watching & manning to make her very gen-
tle & familiar, and in that time you muft labour
to get her a good ftomake. It is not fhort meales
alone breede a hungry defire in your hawke,
but continuall carriage, caftings, and often and
cleanely feeding, with cleane and light meate
drawne through water, but after drye your
meate, for if the hawke fhall be fat and in greafe
when fhe doth come vnto thee, your care muft
be the more for her dyet ; for if fhe want meate
wherewith to carry away her greafe, the break-
ing of her greafe will take away her ftomacke,
and her greafe too faft broken, will not onely
make her fickely, but truely ficke, and kill her,
or breed difeafes, fuch as fhee had as good be
dead: Therefore let her not faft, nor doe not
ouer-feede, which fault is as dangerous as fa-
fting ; for with her meate in her mutes fhee will
fpend more greafe then fhe can bring vp with
her cafting.

Her greafe gone, and your hawke made gentle,

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Wildenes
will not
Suffer a
hawrke to
Show her
hunger.

your Hawke will quickely fhew a good fto-
make, let not your hafty defire hinder your
good conclufion herein.

When your hawke is come to a good {fto-
make and perfect gentleneffe, as I did reclaime
my fore Rammifh hawke, calling her to the fift
out of the hoode, from the fift of another man,
in manner as the long-winged hawke is lewred;
you muft obferue the fame courfe, onely diffe-
ring herein, for you muft call her to a catch or
lewer, and therevnto take her as the long-wing-
ed hawke is vfed, wherewith thou muft make
her much in loue with thy fweet and mild v-
fing her, and in doing thus, it will make her
loue thee better then euer fhe loued houfe: Let
her pleafe her felfe vpon the catch, offer not to
meddle with it, but let her freely and peaceably
inioy it; and when fhe is pluming vpon it,
feede her with bits of good meate from thy
hand, it wil make her look for that fweetnes not
only then when fhe is vpon the catch but it will
likewife make her loue thee when fhe is vpon the
quarry. If thou fhalt ply her thus with thy hand,
it will bring her to fuch paffe as fhe will readily
iumpe to your fift from the catch, and the {weet
and often vfing hereof, will make her leaue the
quarry in fuch manner, & fo preferue her fethers
from wetting. At the firft beginning of calling
her, I hope your vnderftanding will aduife you
to haue her in cranes, wherewith if fhe would

checke fhe fhall be preuented, and wherewith
fhee
 

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53

 

fhee fhall be ftaied if fhee offer to drag or carry
the catch; for the want of loue to her former
keeper, could not but breed thefe as well as
other ill conditions: but I hope your gentle
vfing & manning her, before you did euer fhew
Catch or Lewer, hath freed her from thefe, and
your now kinde dealing with your hawke, fee-
ding her fo from the hand vpon the catch, will
giue her fuch contentment, that neuer met with
fuch content before, as that I am perfwaded
fhee will be made thereby more truely louing
vnto thee, then a hawke fhall be made, bought
from the cage.

I pray let vs admit that fhee was a good con-
ditioned hawke once, and would come to the
fift very familiarly ; how fhould fhee then lofe
this, by her keepers negligence, being not often
or feldome called, and then vpon her comming
flightly rewarded, fuppofing if hee fhould giue
her any meate, it would hinder her well-flying,
which might fall out to be prefently, but fuch
reward as would pleafe her, will worke no fuch
ill effeét; and now thou haft her moft readi-
ly comming to the catch, if thou wilt handle her ;
with no better refpect, but onely caring how
for that prefent to get her to your fift, and there-
by pleafe your felfe, and not at all her; fhe will
be weary of it, and fuch vfage, and fall to her
olde trade; which being handled as I haue di-
rected, I would not doubt but to put her vp a-
mongft hens, when at any houre in the day fhe

H 3 fhould
 

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fhould leaue them all for loue of mee, and the
catch, which asketh no longer time then
throwing it out; which I would vfe her vnto

euery houre, if I were not fure of my flight.
And this I hope will fuffice for this: But if
you will haue me grant that which I cannot
yeelde vnto, that hauing flowne a Partridge to
a houfe, notwithftanding all thefe kinde courfes
taken with her, fhee hath caught a Hen, then
let fome one in the company, that can tell how
to doe it, make hafte vnto her, taking vp both
Hawke and Hen, and runne to a pond or pit
of water, (there is no dwelling houfe inhabited,
and where hens are, but you fhall finde fome
water) and thereinto ouer head and taile wafh
them both together three or foure times; then
hauing the hawke vpon his fift, let not her kee-
per fhew himfelfe vntill he that hath her, hath
with her lines faftened her calling-cranes vnto
her; then I would aduife her keeper to giue her
his voyce out of her fight, but the hawke to be
ftill held although fhee doth make a bate to goe
to him: He is to giue his voyce but once or
twife, and that is where fhe feeth him not; after
when hee commeth neere her let him giue her
his vayce cheerefully ; and let her in cranes be let
goe to him, when he throweth out the catch in
cranes, left beeing wet, fhee fhould defire to
flye to a tree to weather and drye her felfe; her
cranes forbid it. And now you muft not thinke
fhee hath committed a fault, for fhee hath done
pennance
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 55

 

pennance for it, and comming to you fhe loo-
keth to be much made of; fatisfie her expectati-
on, giuing her all the contentment you may: It
is not poffible there fhould be a hawke fo ill but
by this meanes fhe will be recouered.
It may be fome young profeffor in this Art is
poffeft, that if his hawke be very hungry and
fharpe, fhe will the fooner come vnto him: He
is herein much deceiued; for vnleffe fhe loueth
him very well, hunger is the fpeciall meanes that
draweth her from him, for hunger muft be fa-
tisfied, and her little loue to him will make her
the better pleafed with that fhe prouideth for
her felfe, and make her looke out for her owne
prouifion: But if fhe be truely louing him, then
there is no doubt but fhe would come the readi-
lyer. Marke then, if this be not the onely maine 4 /eciaiz
poynt, for an Auftringer to haue his hawke in 27d maine
loue with him. Asics
There be many that will neuer affect my
doétrine, becaufe my courfe herein fet downe is
painefull ; but what is any thing worth that is
eafily gotten ? but he is deceiued that holdeth it
paineful, for his hawke once well made, fhe will
not aske halfe the paines or attendance in the
time of her flying, as other hawkes, that are but
halfe, for halfe made hawkes muft be followed
with. Whenfoeuer thou calleft thy hawke giue
her fome reward vpon the catch, and likewife
pleafe her vpon the fift.
If I may be fo bolde without reprehenfion,
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for my recreation, to thinke of a more worthy
delight, I will reft thankfull, I will fpeake of the
Horfeman and his horfe, the Auftringer and his
hawke ; alwaies vnderftand that I acknowledge
the one to exceede the other as much as golde
exceedeth droffe; but what I intend is this,
both horfe and hawke are as they are taught.
If a horfe prooue hard-mouthed, a run-away,
carry an vnfteady head, his necke awry, or his
body vn-euen ; nay fometimes he may and will
refufe to turne of the one hand, and fome other
time diflike fome part of the ground wherein
he is ridden, and there will flye out, or perhaps
ftop of his forefeet, without either rucking be-
hinde, or aduancing before, vntill after his ftop,
and other fuch vices, can it be faid that that
horfe hath gotten fuch a fault or faults, other-
wife then through the vnskilfulneffe of his rider,
when the true Artift is not onely able to amend
thefe faults, but in fome parts to amend what
nature hath made defe¢ctiue ? The hawke is fel-
dome feene to haue any naturall defect, and
therefore asketh no fuch Art: Neither doe I
queftion the fhapes of horfes and hawkes, for
in both kindes their fhapes much differ, but
what I write is for the manner of their making,
for the ill fhape of either of them cannot excufe
their ill conditions; the worft you can fay by
an hawke for their fhape is, that fhee is a long
flender and beefome tailed hawke. I fay all fea-
thers flye, as horfes of feuerall races, are of

lighter,
 

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57

 

lighter, quicker, or duller difpofition: So are
your hawkes out of fome Countrie and eayrie,
of much more fpirit and mettle then the other ;
and will aske fhorter or longer time in making;
but for their vicious making, therein refteth the
comparifon. If thy hawke will not come, or
not abide company, or a ftranger in the com-
pany, perhaps not a woman, a basket, a horfe
or Cart, or will royle or houfe, or any of thefe
vices; can the Auftringer haue a leffe imputa-
tion layd vpon him, then the ill-ridden horfe
hath giuen his rider, which is, he was ignorant
and wanted knowledge? Alas, fimple Auftrin-
ger, how fhallow is thy Art in refpect of Horfe-
man-fhip ? and fo much the more art thou wor-
thy of blame: The excellent horfeman will
make and fhew his horfe without any vice;. and
fo will the exquifite Auftringer fhew his hawke
without any ill condition: In euery Trade
wherein a man is moft exercifed, he is moft ex-
cellent; Then ftriue and labour to exceede
them in fome meafure that haue little skill, for
the ordinary Handicrafts-man paffeth by with
leffe then ordinary or no refpect, when the skil-
full is defired and much fought after. Who vn-
derftandeth not that the loue of one Hawke is
more readily gotten, then the loue of another, &
that it is not fo eafie to get the loue of a hawke
that hath beene dealt with and bobbed, as to
haue it from a hawke that hath not beene dealt
with? And therefore in your practice haue

patience,
 

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Diflike of
her keeper,
or ram-
m lhnes.

patience, and neuer thinke fhe doth well vntill
fhee be wholly at your commaund, thy paines
will be anfwered with pleafure ; worke out the
weeke, and Sunday will be holy-day. I will now
proceede and examine what other ill quality a
hawke may haue. There is an excellent hawke
will fly and kill a Partridge very well, but fhee
will carry it from her keeper when he commeth
in, The remedy.

Cuap. III.

How tofiay that Hawke that hauing killed a Par-
tridge, will very unwillingly Juffer her keeper
to come unto her, but will carry tt.

HE was an vnkinde keeper, and handled. his
hawke very ill, fo to get her hatred, from
whom but through loue he could not hope to
receiue any good ; otherwife hee was very vn-
skilfull, to flye his hawke fo wilde and fo ill man-
ned; for one of thefe muft be the caufe, then by
working the contrary in her, fhee is faultleffe
and will flye the better: If thee will come well,
then it is not meerely out of diflike of her kee-
per ; and fo much the fooner brought to good
perfection: But it may be partly fo, and part-
ly wildeneffe and rammifhneffe, and there may
be a third diflike, which ftronglier poffeffes her
then any of the other, which prefently fhall be
deliuered vnto you. Before a hawke be truely
manned
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 59

 

manned and made gentle, fhe will neuer learne

good, or leaue bad conditions; for fo long as fhe

is wilde, fhee is altogether angry, froward, vn-

ruly, and diforderly, therefore be fure to vfe

fuch patience and gentleneffe, as that fhe may

vnderftand thee: then put her in cranes, and fet

her vpon fome mans fift; haue a dead doue or

fome other foule, it mattereth not although

you ftand not aboue twenty or thirty paces

from her, giuing your voyce as though you

would call her, throw the fowle as farre from

you, as you can, which when fhee hath in her

foote and doth offer to carry, which the cranes Vow she

forbid, then know, that it is not wildeneffe or eee

rammifhneffe, for before this with carriage in her fault.

company thou hadeft made her gentle, neither

can it be that fhe feareth thee, for thou haft la-

boured before this to a better purpofe; if you

haue not, I haue fet downe my directions in

vain: If then you haue fo carefully manned

her, as that fhe neither feares you, nor is in feare

of any man elfe; yet it is feare that caufeth this,

not fearing thee, but fhe feareth the quarry fhall The third

be taken from her by thee, and fhee would be Cals g ba

glad to giue her felfe a better reward therevpon mee

then you will alow of, and the fmall rewards

you haue giuen her, when you haue taken her

from the quarry hath bred this fault; but this

fault fheweth the hawke hath metall and fpirit 7 és @ good

enough. Well now that fhee is vpon the catch, /a%6 #0 hae

and fo long as fhe ftands ftill, fearing fhee know jyye sre
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not what, ftand you ftill, not offering to goe nee-
rer then you are, vntill fhee fall to be bufily
pluming, houlding the cranes faft, and continu-
ally giuing her your voyce: When fhe falls to
plume, walke gently to her, ftill giuing her your
voyce ; and whereas her feare was the quarry
fhould be taken from her, let her finde altoge-
ther the contrary, let her inioy it ; and take this
courfe, whereby you fhall foone winne her fa-
uour, that at any other time fhee will not onely
giue you leaue, but louingly expect your com-
ming vnto her, haue in readineffe her fupper or
breake-faft, or at any or every time of the day
fuch meate as is warm and good, (her tafte is
very good, although it cannot compare with
her fight) feede her therewith by little bits out
of your hand. If fhe look at you for more, for-
bearing what is in her foote, then doe you for-
beare to giue any more vatill fhe fall againe to
plume, then giue her your voyce, and feede her
fo againe. If you will doe thus, you fhall
finde her looke as earneftly at your hand for re-
ward, as a hungry Spaniell will looke for a
cruft, and fhe will be fo pleafed with your voice,
as when fhe hath a Partridge in her foote, fhee
will diligently attend and ftay your comming,
when I thinke hereby you are well taught how
to vfe her: And now for this fault I may con-
clude;-and inquire what other fault may dif-
grace a hawke: She will carry it to a tree.

CHAP.
 

Hawkes aud Hawking. 61

 

Cuap. IV.

To reclaime a Hawke that will carry a Partridge
ento a Tree.

[TZ is fo lately fet downe how to ftay a hawke,

and make her louingly expect your com-
ming vnto her, as it is frefh in memory. Your
hawke being brought to that paffe, this fault wil
foone be left, 1 haue approoued it: So foone as
your hawke is gone into the tree, get all the Zhe remedy.
company to goe vnder her, vfing as fearefull
noyfe as they can, fhewing Hats and Gloues,
which will foone make her remoue, but it may
be to an other tree, follow her againe with the
like noyfe, there is no doubt but it will remoue
her, if not, they muft vfe fome more violent
meanes, as {triking the tree with fticks, or throw-
ing cudgells vp, fhe may peraduenture remoue
twice or thrice before fhe come to the ground,
but fo foon as fhe is come to the ground, wherof
you fhail not haue fo great caufe of ioy, but fhe
will ioy more to heare your louing voice, which
I would then haue you freely and familiarly
giue, when fhe will foone vnderftand fhe hall
enioye what fhe hath with {weet content and
quiet.

I 3 CHAP.
 

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The Caufe.

The remedy.

Cuap. V.

fora Hawke that fo fooneas/he hath caught a Par-
tridge, will breake and gorge her felfe upon tt.

‘THe caufe of a griefe knowne, the difeafe is

“ foone cured; and fo it muft be enquired
how fhe came by this foule fault, and then it is
foone remedied. I cannot vnderftand it fhould
be any otherwife then thus, at the firft when fhe
had caught a Partridge, and before you come
vnto her had begunne to feede, and peraduen-
ture fed fo much as you feared it would hinder
your whole dayes fport, it could not but moue
fome paffion in you, which you fhould haue
diffembled ; but it could not be but with fome
impatience you take her from the quarrie, not
fuffering her to eate any more, which now at
the firft fhe did fall vnto by chance; but now
fhe hath found the {weet thereof, and the wrong
you offered her in fo fodaine taking her vp,
will make her the next time more earneftly and
with the more hafte to feede, remembering how
fhe was taken from it before, left fhe now be fo
ferued againe: The beft remedy is this, when
fhe fhould flye to the next Partridge and kill, if
you come in vnto her before fhe breake (it may
be fhe may catch it neere you at the retroue) let
her alone with it, and feede her with your hand,

fhe fitting vpon it, as I taught you before: If
by
 

Hawkes aud Hawking. 63

 

by chaunce fhe happen of a bare place, be not
difcontented, but plye her with giuing her meat
from your hand, and let her eate in fuch abun-
dance vntill fhe doth forbeare to eate any more ; /x her plu-
it fhall not be amiffe when you haue put on her a a
lines to pyne her downe at length, and whether “” i
fhe hath it in a ditch, bufh, or hedge, neither re-
ward her, nor any other hawke, vntill you haue
her in the plaine, and that will make them fo
foon as they haue a Partridge get out with it into
the plaine; then if fhe bate vpon any extraordi-
nary occafion, fhe fhall not goe away gorged.
You muft not now be fparing of your labour,
for if you fpend three or foure houres in thus
feeding her, (fhe will not be fo long in feeding)
yet with the Partridge in her foote, whereon al-
though fhe will not feed, fhe will be vnwilling to
part from, let her enioy it, & be often offering her
meate, and when you finde that fhe is careleffe
of the quarry, take her to your fift; it may be 4 jupsofi-
in your firft entring, you were too {paring in “om.
your reward, but howfoeuer fhe commeth by
this, in following this practice but twice or
thrice, you fhall with kinde handling her in her
rewards, which fhould be much from the hand,
you fhall haue her handle a Partridge, as that
you may at any time take a liue Partridge out
of her foot, to enter one withall. And thus I con-
clude for this, vnleffe you will fay fhe hath al-
moft eaten the Partridge before you come to
her, I fay let her eate, and feede her ftill with the
moft
 

Bert’s Treatife of

 

Examine by
which, it
JSoone
amended.

moft prouocation you can, no doubt it will
make her very choyce how fhe feedes after fhee
hath beene fo ouer-fed, and after fhe hath been
twice or thrife fo dealt with take leifure. A
hawke loueth her keeper very well fhee will
draw after him and come at his pleafure, fhe will
in her drawing be ftill vpon the head of the
dogs, but when fhe hath killed it, will carry ve-
ry fouly.

Cuap. VI.

How to vfe that Hawke that will carry for feare
of the dogges.

I Mutt herein fuppofe that fhee will draw after
the dogges, or otherwife after her keeper; but
fo foone as fhee hath the Partridge, and as foone
as the dogges come to her, fhe carryeth away
the quarry ; this can be but to the next hole to
hide her felfe; but then if the dogges fhall follow
her thither, and thruft her out from thence,
herein the hawke is not to be blamed but the
Spaniels, that better deferue a haulter then a
cruft. It muft he thought vpon how fhee came
to be thus fearefull of the Spaniels, it could not
be in the field, becaufe the Faulcknour fhall be
at the retroue, and then hee is onely to be bla-
med, that hath not taught his Spaniels better ;
if by neither of thefe, then this muft be gotten
by very foule dogges in the couert, where if the
Spaniels
 

Hawkes and Hawking. 65

 

Spaniels be but a little hot in their fport, it If obferua-

teacheth the hawke more wit then knauery; for tion.

as I haue partly faid before, fhee will not be too Not to hunt

hot vpon the game for feare of them, but will /#* the ae

truft to my helpe, and will tend it fo as that fhe y,- nee

will not lofe it, fo that I fhall be fure to haue it

of my owne catching. I reape this benefit by

her feare, that fhe will not ftrike at the Pheafant

vpon the ground; for if fhee fhould fo doe, it is 14 difcommo-

great ods but fo fhee miffeth it, and if it then 4%.

f{pringeth, it is more ods, but it is cleane loft; but

if fhe tend it, and the doggs, as I haue forefaid, it

is great ods but it goeth to pearch, from whence

it is likely it will neuer flye, but by my hands is

to be deliuered to her; I doe not as I haue feene

fome doe, toffe it vp high, that thereby fhee

fhall catch it, and fo fall among the dogs, which

as they fay, doth imbolden her vpon the dogs, Some mens

it muft be there fo, becaufe fhe knoweth fhee is %##7on.

not able to carry it from them, but when fhee

is in the field, and hath a lighter matter in her

foote, it may then worke a worfe effect, and ha-

uing field-room & fight whether to carry it in

fafety, fhe willremoue. The difcommodities that

I haue met with in hauing my hawke take a Phe-

fant from pearch, fome I haue before fet downe,

in the feauenth chapter, & this is an other; Many

times fhee hangeth of one fide of the bough, ha- Preuent

uing fafte holde vpon the Pheafant, and the rte he

Pheafant vpon the other: whether your hawke744"

receiueth hurt hereby or no iudge you; and the any #77.
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No tnconue-
nience.

This good
infueth,

like mifchiefe muft needs befall, when a Phea-
fant is toffed high vnto her; for when fhe catch-
eth it fo high, fhe will not fall plumme downe
therewith, but will a little ftriue to fhew her
ftrength, and then the Pheafant hitting.a bough
neuer fo little, although the twig be very little,
if the hawke letteth it not goe, fhe muft needs
hang as before: I defire not to make my hawke
hot in the couert, my reafons before expreffed
may fuffice; but thefe inconueniencies may ad-
vife other men how to deal in this cafe: But in
my practife I am fure there is no inconuenience
by carrying it into a plaine, and there to ferue
her as I vfed my rammifh hawke; I am well affu-
red that thereby I make my Hawke as truely to
loue mee, as a Hawke can poffibly loue a man;
and this benefit thou ‘halt finde it worke in thy
Hawke that will carry, it will make her fo to loue
thee, and to affure her felfe in thee, as that if fhee
doth carry a Partridge for feare of the dogges,
yet hearing thy voyce fhee will be fo confident
and fecure in thee, as fhe will ftirre no more; for
fhe knowes fhe fhall haue her reward with qui-
etneffe. If your Spaniells will not leaue to fol-
low her, but be more ready to beat her out of the
country then otherwife; if you will not part from
them, God fend him forrow that loueth it.

Cuap.
 

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Cuap, VII.

How to vfe a Hawke that will carry a Partridge
znto a tree,and will not be driuen to the ground,
but there will affuredly eate tt.

Here is no Hawke trayned as I haue done

mine, and as | haue taught to vfe yours, will
fuffer fuch a vice to take hold of her: but I muft
not ftand vpon, if fhee had beene thus, or thus
dealt with, this would neuer haue beene, but
now wee muft feeke to amend it; and fay fhee
doth it neither for feare of man nor dog, but out
of a naturall difpofition, and accuftomed pra-
ctife, let her be fhort coped, fo I would aduife
all fhort-winged hawkes to be vfed, for the fafty 4x obiec-
of thy owne hands: It may bee obieéted, how ””
fhall fhee then hold a Pheafant? How haue my
hawkes done that would hardly miffe a Phea- Anfwere.
fant, and all of them fhort-coped? I will now
deliuer a truth, for the affirming whereof I am
willing to take my oath; I had a Tarfell of a
Gofhawke, that one after an other, let two Phea-
_ fants flip out of his foote; I was thereat much
perplexed, I found many of their feathers, but Z/eared the
neither of their bodies: ftanding with my hawke2oiing oe
vpon my fift not knowing what to doe, whether ;
I fhould flye any more or no, the wood was
large, but the groath of two or three yeares; as
I ftood ftill, a Cocke did {pring very neere mee,

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68 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

my Hawke did neither fodainely nor earneftly
bate at him, yet when he did bate I did let him
flye, when he fhewed he neuer meant to catch
it, but flew to marke, and I faw him darte vp
into a fpeare, I made hafte vnto him, and I did
{pring the Pheafant iuft vnder him, hee turned
vpon his ftand, and then flew after, not lofing a-
ny ground of him, but when he plained to fall,
he caught him by the head, and did hang almoft
a yard from the ground, I came to him, layd
him in the plaine, and couered his body, fo hee
had as much pleafure and as good a reward as |
could giue him vpon the head and necke: After
this I affure you in all the time I kept him, &in
the killing of very many Pheafants, which then
were very plentifull, hee neuer made mee a re-
troue, but would moft affuredly haue him by
the head at the fall, when the Pheafant would
His nature lye ftretched out at length and neuer ftirre fea-
notto ther. If when I had drawne a couert, a Pheafant
oe tI” had gone to pearch, hee would come and fit
neere him, but not in that tree; put him out, he
would take an order with him, he fhould neuer
fall more, but when he had him by the head. It
hath beene faid that hee killed one olde Cocke
that had beaten an excellent Gofhawke of olde
Sir Robert Wroths, & Matter Rainefords hawke.
I could neuer meete with any Pheafant that e-
uer ferued me fo; and I deliuer this vypon heare-
fay. Now your Hawke is thus coped, take a
leather in all poynts fafhioned like a bewet, put
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Hawkes aud Hawking. 69

 

it about her hinder tallent, and then button it Zrepraétife.
to her bewet, whereon her bell hangeth, and it
will fo holde vp her tallent that fhee cannot at
all gripe with it, then fhee cannot fit vpon a
bough, holde a Partridge, and feede. Fora plai-
ner demonftration, make your leather in all
poynts like your bewet, for the length, that you
muft make fit to holde vp her tallent in fuch
place as you fhall fee caufe, I aduife you make it
not too fhort, left it fhould hinder her truffing
a Partridge, and fo be difcomfited ; cut a little
‘flit in the midft of it, or neerer the button then
the midft, as you do in the leather wherewith
you couple your Spaniels, and as you faften
that about the ring of your couples, fo faften
that about the tallent of your Hawke, and fo
faftened, button it about the bewet, as you but-
ton the couples about the Spaniels necke. Here-
in you are fatisfied; let vs now enquire for more
ill properties.

Cuap. VIII.

Flow to veclaime a Hawke that will neither abide
Hlorfe-men, Strangers, Carts, Foote-men or
Women, and fuch lke.

LE it be enquired how fhe came by this coy-
neffe, and why fhee fhould not endure all
thefe, or any of thefe, as well as other Hawkes :
There can be nothing faid for it, but that fhee
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hath not beene well and orderly manned; then
it fhould appeare that well and orderly man-
ning them fhould make them familiarly endure
thefe or any of thefe, and fo it will; but now it
muft be done by other meanes. You well vn-
derftand the courfes I haue vfed in manning my
hawkes, which truely pra¢tifed vpon them, there
fhall no ill condition follow them: But when
a hawke is but halfe made, then fhee falls from
bad to worfe, and fo the is harder by much to
be reclaimed then fhe was at the beginning, and
will aske more tendance and refpectiue care to
holde her well at the fecond making, then a caft
of hawkes, wellmade, in their firft handling. Be-
fore you beginne to praétice vpon her let her-
be watched, and carried a day or two, when you
haue fo done, if fhee haue a good ftomake, you
may the fooner beginne with her, and yet fhee
may haue a good ftomake, but rammifhnes will
not fuffer her to fhew it. There is nothing to
be done with fuch a hawke, vntill by watching
and manning fhe be brought to patience, which
done, beginne thus; finde out fome place where
there is fome great affembly either at bowles, or
fome fuch other exercife, and hauing her in
cranes there, fet her vpon fome mans fift, & let
her iumpe to a catch, and thereupon dandle the
time with her: This muft be done many dayes,
and many times in the day. I would be neere
fome Market-Towne, where vpon a Market-
day I would find fome conuenient place, where

Women
 

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71

 

Women with their Baskets, Horfes with loads
vpon them, Carts with their carriage, variety
of coloured Horfes, and paffingers-by in diuers
paces fhould come by her, there I would be
fure to fpend the whole day in playing with her
in fuch manner vpon the catch. If you will
aske me how long fhe will be in making famili-
er with all thefe things, I fay you will neuer do
it, if fo foone as you haue ended your practice,
you goe and fet her downe to growe wilder,
and be the fecond day as ill as fhe was at the
firft; but in the continuance hereof three or
foure dayes, and thy carefull attendance ouer
her day and night, will greatly preuaile with
her: I would not doubt but to make fuch a
Hawke with my diligence and paine (vfing her
as I haue herein taught you) to fit vpon the pelt
in the Market-place, nor fearing nor caring for
any thing, (afidua /tilla faxum excauat) hath not
God made all Creatures ? haue not wilde Stags
by watching & manning been driuen like cattel
vpon the way? What is it that man cannot ef-
fect, if he wil thervnto apply himfelfe? Ifone day
will not ferue the turne, take two; if not two,
then ten, and twenty more, but I would haue
my trauell fatisfied with a {weet conclufion.
There is fomething elfe to be thought vpon, and
therefore I will proceede.

CHAP.
 

72 Bert’s Tveatife of

 

Cuap. IX.

What courfe ts to be taken with a Hawke that hath
flowne a Partridge, and will continually fit
upon the ground at marke, and thereby ts likely
to beate out her felfe from her true flying, by

miffing of many fights.

A Speciall care is to be had herein how you

flye your Hawke, which muft be as the

Countrie is where you flye your Hawke, as

inthe _ thus; if it be in the Champion, then you mutt

pg ae let flye farre from the Partridges, there fhe can-
te farre off: ;

not lofe fight of them, and yet it may be fhee

fhall not fee the fall fo well, but being farre be-

hinde, if fhe be in ftrength and courage fhoote

vp to a tree, for fhe is more then a dull-fpirited

Hawke, and I thinke there is not fuch a hawke

will flye home a Partridge, but fhe will ftirre or

hunt for it if fhe be neere it at the fall, or foone

learne to goe to a tree, which I faid before I

would haue you preuent, by flying farre from

the game, when fhe fhall not be inticed by be-

ing neere to them to fall vpon the ground. If

this pleafe you not, goe hawke in the Wood-

land, and make choyfe to fly at fuch Partridges

A contrary as will flye to a woode: Here your courfe muft

ee - be, not as you did in the Champion, but to flye

‘as neere them as may be, for feare, if fhe fhould

be fatre behinde, fhee fhould lofe the fight of

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Hawkes aud Hawking. 73

 

them, but being neere, they then tempt her to

fall in the wood vpon the ground; then let her

fet and hunt vntill fhe be weary of fo doing, be

carefull not to fuffer a dogge to goe vnto her,

neither let her hear your voyce at all; at length

fhee will finde that there is no good to be got-

ten by walking, and then fhee will vp to a tree;

now your owne knowledge affureth you that / is the
out of the wood the Partridges will not flicke,/7egth, and
and that putting your dogs into the wood you hed
fhall be fure to fhew her a flight, wherewith if

fhe fall againe, I would without queftion let

her alone vntill fhe fhould wifh fhe had her fup-

per: if in the wood-land you fhall fometime

make her draw after you, and ferue her with the Draw not
Spaniels, it will doe her good; but the generall #¢7¢ Aou/es.
practife will very quickly worke wit in her. And

thus much for this, hauing a little fpoken of it

before.

Cuap. X.

That the Tarfell 1s more prone to thefe rll condite-
ons then the hawke, and how to reclaime him
that will feeke out for a Doue-houfe; with
whith fault I neuer knew Gofhawke tainted.

ALL my proceeding and direction hath been
wholly intended for the reclayming and
making the hawke, which is all one for the Tar-
fell, who is to be practifed vpon for fuch faults
L in
 

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The keepers
Fault.

in the fame manner as is the Gofhawke, but
there is one vile quallity that I haue heard a
Tarfell would often pra¢tife; wherewith I ne-
uer yet knew Gofhawke tainted, and whereun-
to a Tarfell would neuer fall, if he be handled
in that forme that I haue fet downe. Some Tar-
fell after a Haggourtly or Rammifh difpofition,
will vpon the miffing of a flight, not ftay at
marke your comming to ferue him; fome other
will fit faft vntill fome ftranger fhew himfelfe,
and then he is gone: Thefe quallities follow ill
manned hawkes, as well as the Tarfell; this is
nothing but wildeneffe; want of true manning
brought him vnto this; & he is of this fault to be
reformed as is the hawke, by feeding often, and
many times in the day amongft a multitude
of people in cranes, vpon a catch, where you
muft make a true practife, with feeding him
from the hand: It may be faid he will kill him-
felfe before he will be quiet in fuch an affembly,
he muft be then watched and carryed bare-fafte
vntill he be fo gentle, as that he will indure all
company, and then vpon the catch thou fhalt
make him fo in loue with thee, with thus vfing
him vpon it, as I haue formerly fet downe, that
hee will indure all things whatfoeuer. I haue
heard, but I thinke it was more then truth, that
a Tarfell royled from marke, and was that night
taken in a doue-houfe earneftly feeding vp-
on a Doue, twenty miles from the place
from whence hee was flowne: It is beyond all

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vnderftanding, that louing and knowing a doue-
houfe well, as he did, he fhould trauell fo farre
before he fhould finde one fhould pleafe him,
and this fhould be in a country that of my
knowledge affordeth plenty of doue-cotes : But
truth is, fuch was his fault, that vpon euery lit-
tle difcontent, he would fo pleafe himfelfe; from
which hee is thus eafily to be reclaimed, but be
fure by watching and manning he be made ve-
ry gentle before you begin thus to practife, then As gentle as
call him in cranes to a catch, as I haue taught * 7477
you to doe a Gofhawke that will houfe, feed him
in the fame manner, and call him vntill you
finde that hee will come fo foone as the catch
is throwne out, it may be a doue that hee loueth
fo well, but it is not much to the purpofe what
foule it be, although it be a Lewer well garnifh-
ed, for he will foone fall in loue with any thing
wherewith he fhall be fo well pleafed. When he
is brought to that paffe that he is truely in loue
with thee and the catch, comes readily, and will
indure all company, then vfe him to draw after
thee all times of the day, and take him downe
very often: I would aduife that in the euening
hee might be called neere vnto a doue-houfe,
where fome of purpofe fhould fhew and ftirre
the Doues, that if hee went into the houfe,
one of your company, rather then your felfe,
might be quickely with him, hauing in a
readineffe prepared a boxe filled with beaten
Pepper, and where hee hath broken the Doue,
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ftrewe Pepper aboudantly, and fo haue a
care that fo foone as hee fhall bare a new
place, that you prefently plye that place with
ftrewing more pepper, which will foone make
him diflike fuch and fo hote a dyet, and make
him fo much the more to loue him who fhall or
hath fo kindly vfed him. I would fhew my felfe
a little negligent, and not with much hafte to
take him downe, when he were fo neere that he
loueth fo well, for now you are fo neere him,
as you would quickely be with him to giue vn-
to him more than hee would eate, and thereby
make him out of loue with a Doue-houfe. It
may be faid this is the next way to kill him; no,
he will caft his gorge, wherein there is no dan-
ger or caufe of feare; when a Hawke cafteth
his gorge vpon diflike of his meate; for fome-
times the lying of a bone awrye will make him
caft his meate, or part of it: but if a hawke ca-
fteth his gorge, and the meate ftinketh, this is of
an other caufe, he is then ficke, his ftomake can-
not digeft what nature defireth, and fo the con-
tinuing thereof, with a defire to put it ouer and
cannot, putrifieth the meate and ftinketh, and
maketh that hawke in a defperate eftate. Your
feruing your Tarfell thus fhall not affeét any
fuch matter, but hee will finde a difference be-
tweene fuch a diftaftfull fupper, and a fweet
pleafing breakefaft, which I would aduife fhould
the next morning be giuen in Cranes, where
the fweet hand and kinde dealing with him

vpon
 

Hawkes and Hawking.

77

 

vpon the catch will ftay him or any hawke from
royling. When he is thus made, keepe him fo,
and that muft be with continuall familiarity : If
I thought a hawke fo gentle and familiar could
be drawne by any meanes from her keeper,
then I would fet downe another courfe, which
although you fhall neuer haue neede of, I will
fet downe. When he is at the height of his fa-
miliarity, cut out of either wing three of his beft
flying feathers, and put to his heeles a knocking
paire of bels, and fo traine him when his want
of power will hinder his defire to trauaile fur-
ther, then you may with eafe follow him; and
I would wifh you to follow him fo as he fhould
not fee it, but be continually thirty or fortie
{core from him, and fometimes giue him your
voyce. If you finde him not inclined to heare
you (which fhould be more ftrange to me then
any thing belonging to a hawke, if hee be made
gentle and in cranes well-comming as aforefaid)
then get one with you that may follow him, but
neuer offer to take him downe, but let him be
as neere the Tarfell as may be, who when hee
the hawke remoueth, by his voyce he may giue
you knowledge thereof, when I would aduife
you to giue him your voyce, and call him, but
goe no neerer vnto him. When it groweth to
that houre that you thinke hee will remoue no
more, then let a liue Doue, by him that is with
him, be throwne out in a paire of cranes, and fo
foone as he hath it, let him be beftowed vpon

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his fift, vntill he commeth home, where let him
faft vntill you goe to bed; then for his fupper
giue him a fet of ftones and knots, (the number
and fize I will deliuer hereafter, with their pro-
fits:) The next morning carry him abroad
with you an houre before you call him, then let
him goe at liberty: You haue your friend if
neede be to follow him, whereof there fhall be
no need; then let him fee you kill and pull off
the feathers of a Pidgeon, and before you call he
will come fo foone as you throw out the catch,
and if he could fpeake, thanke you. When you
haue made him fuch as you would haue him,
then put in his feathers againe, which I hope
were fo carefully cut out, and well preferued in
a booke vntil you fhould haue this vfe for them,
that hee may be better imped with his owne
feathers then it is poffible to impe a hawke with
any other then his owne, and he will not fly one
pinne the worfe. I cannot in my vnderftanding
thinke of any other fault that my Hawke
hath, and therefore hereof I muft of ne-
ceffity leaue further to fpeake ; and
fo proceed with my cures, which
follow in this third and
laft Treatife.

PINTS.

THE
 

Hawkes and Hawking.

79

 

   
     

THE THIRD
TREATISE, OF
Flawkes and Hawking :

 

Wherein ts contained Cures for all knowne
Difeafes ; all which haue been practifed by

my felfe more vpon worthy mens Hawkes

that haue beene fent vnto me, then
vpon any of my owne.

 

Firft, for the beake, mouth, eyes, head, and throat,
and of the feuerall griefes there breeding and
offending.

N the Beake there is a drye
Canker, whereof I haue little
defire to write, becaufe it is
%) fo common, and the cure as

HW | @recghn eafie; but to him that know-
pe ya Yeth it not, this fhall giue
ee him fufficient vnderftanding :
That it fheweth it felfe white in that part of the
Beake where it is, it may haue a cracke or flawe
in

  
 

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in it before you fhall difcouer it, vnder that
white it eateth into the beake. With a knife pare
the white off fo farre and fo deepe as it hath ea-
ten into the beake: with a piece of glaffe new
broken you may fcrape it, and make it more
fmooth then you can with a Knife. After you
haue fafhioned the beake fo well as you can,
wath it either with the iuice of a Lemmon, or
with a little Wine-vinegar, and it will require to
be no oftener dreffed.

A Medicine for the wet Canker in the mouth or
Beake, which will eate into her eyes and braine,
(and vnleffe wt be killed) rt will foone kill her:
And this 1s more common with the long-winged
then the /hort-winged Hawke: This of my
owne practirfe, and how dangerous foeuer it fhall
appeare to him that hath not made vfe thereof,
belreue me, in the adminiftring thereof there ts
nothing but fafety.

‘T Ake Agua fortis, you fhall haue it at the

Gold{miths, for there is moft vfe made of it;
there is fome of it made more ftrong then other,
but how ftrong or weake foeuer it be, you fhall
quallifie them in this manner.

Haue in a readineffe a porringer of fpring-
water, and a feather in it, then poure fome of
your 4gua fortzs into the deep fide of an Oyfter-
fhell, where you fhall fee it prefently boyle, as
if it were ouer a fire, and would foone eate

through
 

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SI

 

through the Oyfter-fhell, take your feather in
the fpring-water, and therewith of the fame
water, drop into the Agua fortis that is boyling,
by drops, drop after drop, vntill you fhall fee
it leaue feething, then for your vfe put it into a
violl, and we call it Agua fortzs quallified. Now
you are prouided of Agua fortis in his vigour
and ftrength, and you haue it alfo quallified. For
the Canker, I would advife you to take the
moft fpeedy and moft fure courfe to kill it: And
therefore for cure thus proceede: With a quill
made fit for the turne, fearch the fore well, and
take off the roofe, (that couereth and groweth
faft to the fore,) as cleane as may be; and left
the bleeding fhall hinder the true fearch, haue
in readineffe a fticke with a little clout tyed to
the end, which wet in faire water, you may
therewith.wipe away the blood fometimes,
whereby you may the better fee what you haue
done to the fore; you may perhaps finde a lit-
tle core feeding within the fore, pull and get
out of it as much as is poffible, and then hauing
a little fticke, with a little clout, to the bigneffe
of a {mall Peafe faftened to the end thereof, and
wet in the Aqua fortis, and not to haue it other-
wife then wet, not that it fhall drop; herewith
doe but touch the fore once or twice that it may
be wet, and it will foone kill it: Dreffe it once in

foure and twenty houres; and if it be not ina—

very defperate eftate when you beginne there-
with, twice or thrife dreffing fhall be the moft
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Fleate and
arine(fe.

it fhall neede ; and if the core fhall be at the firft
taken cleane out, it will not aske more dreffing :

You may feede within one houre, or an houre
and a halfe after fhe is thus dreffed.

A Medicine for the Frounce, wherunto the long-
winged Hawke 1s much more fubvect then is the
JShort-winged Hawke.

| Haue heard many men of this opinion, that
the Frounce & Canker are all one; and fuch
they were as held themfelues very skilfull: But
fuch as haue skill & iudgement know that they
were difceiued in their opinions. The Frounce
proceeding out of a heate and drynes in the bo-
dy, or of a bruife, and it felloweth moft your
frefh Haggard. Although the fore-Hawke or
Tarfell is not free, but are vpon heats fubiect to
that infirmity, the older a Hawke is fhee is the
more hote & drye; and you fhall haue fodainly
growe vpon an olde Haggart, although fhee be
well kept, for it will growe vpon that Hawke
fooneft that is of a fretfull difpofition. A Faul-
conour of iudgement will hereupon worke to
feeke out meanes to amend the canfe, and then
every {mall matter will cure the griefe, when
it is but little and newe bred. I haue knowne it
killed with wafhing her mouth with the iuice of
Lemmon, and fo giuing her ftones out of the
fame iuice ; this worketh as well in the body as
the mouth: But Agua fortis to be vfed for the
Frounce,
 

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83

 

Frounce, as I haue directed for a Canker, is be-
yond all other receits.

Otherwife for the Frounce.

‘T Ake of your Agua fortis that is quallified,

and with a quill made for that purpofe,
take off the feabbe or roofe from the fore, then
with a fticke and a cloth at the end thereof, well
wet in your quallified water wafh the fore: and
although there be fo much water as fome of it
doth goe into her body, I haue found no hurt
but profit thereby; for without doubt it hath
had an extraordinary working in her body,
without making any fhew of ficknes, but there
hath come from her droffie mutes that haue
ftoode full of bubbles: I haue herewith recoue-
red Hawkes troubled with a fore Frounce, and
made them found.

An approued medicine for the Frounce, that ts to
be had in euery Towne.

“Te a piece of good Rocke-Allum, and
burne it leifurely, and then pound it to as
fine powder as may be, then take a little

Englifh Honie, and a little of the powder, let

them be wrought together with a kniues point,

and then your Hawke caft, and the fcab cleane
taken away to the bottome, (feare not to make
it bleed, which you may wipe away as you are

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formerly taught) and this receipt clapped vp-
on it, without doubt with leffe then fixe times

dreffing, it fhall kill it; and let it be dreffed once

in foure and twenty houres; let her not be fed
in two houres after fhee is dreffed. I could fet
downe forty common receipts more for this
griefe, and all needleffe, for any one of thefe three
laft fhall kill any Frounce. I would not haue fet
downe this laft receipt but that 4gua fortes is not
to be had in euery place.

A vemedy for the kirnells whereunto the long-
winged Hawke ts not fubrect, but zt followeth
much the fhort-winged hawke.

[He kirnells beginne and breede vnder the
eye, betweene the eye and chap, outwardly
appearing, and will very foone fhew it felfe as
bigge & long as the halfe of an ordinary Beane,
and will foone grow greater and fwell vp the
eye, and kill her if it be not preuented. For cure
thereof doe thus, launce the place fwelled long-
waies, and with a quill take out the kirnells as
you can, they are white as kirnells in cattell,
(but I pray vnderftand) that they are of a very
{mall fize; without any danger you may cut the
hole large enough, feeth fome fpring water, and
when it hath fod, put into it a peece of Rocke-
Allum, and fome Englifh honey, let it feeth no
more, but let the ingredients difolue therein ;
then hauing a linnen cloath faftened to the end
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of a fticke, wet in the water, the water not being
otherwife then the colde taken off, wafh the
place very cleane within, and then put into it
fome powder of burnt Allum; you fhall neede
to put your Allum into it but once, and once it
muft be, otherwife it will be in foure and twen-
ty houres clofed vp againe, and fhew it felfe
healed, and fo the kirnells increafe againe, and
very foone be as ill as it was at the firft; but the
Allum once applyed, and the place wafhed
three mornings together, feare it not, for it is
cured and found.

There ts a dtfeafe in the head of fome, called Ver-
tego, zt zs a fwimmuing of the braine; and thus
Solloweth the cure.

“TEs griefe is very dangerous, and it appea-
reth too plainely, for very feldome the
hawke holdeth ftill her head, but continually
putteth her head ouer her fhoulder, and fo let-
teth it fall to his proper place againe, it procee-
deth of a cold caufe in the body. Take a quan-
tity of Butter out of the Churne, doe not wafh
it, take a Cloue of tlie middle fize, and as much
Mace, let them be bruifed, not beaten, and lap
them in a little of your Butter, to the bigneffe
of a ftone, fuch as you gaue that hawke; (al-
though it be very large it will be a cafting
little enough) put it into a fine peece of Lawne,
and then tye it faft; giue it vnto your hawke, and
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after it, giue vnto her, her fupper; in the mor-
ning fhee will caft the Lawne againe, with the
Cloue and Mace therein, the Butter paffing
through her, then giue vnto her a cloue of fod-
den Garlicke. And becaufe euery man hath not
made vfe thereof, I will therefore fet downe the
manner how to feeth it, for it is very profitable
for very great vfes ; take the cloues out of the
head, but doe not pill them, feeth them in faire
water, & with a fpoone feele of them very often,
left they ouer feeth, for they muft be foft, and
yet no fofter, but that if your Hawke will not
take them in meate, they may be put into her
without breaking, but now the huske and thin
white filme muft be taken off, giue vnto her, her
breakefaft before, or therewith, fhe will not one-
ly indew it, but that will worke good digefture
for her other meate; at night giue her Butter,
Cloue, & Mace againe, as aforefaid, and fo euery
night, and euery third morning a Cloue of fod-
den Garlicke, vntill fhee be cured, keepe her
warme and continually hooded, if fhee will
not fit quietly let her be maled vp.

The Piune in the throat a moft defperate and unci-
rable difeafe, [ haue neuer heard of a long-wing-
ed hawke troubled therewith, but I haue knowne
many frort-winged hawkes killed with tt.

[Bs difeafe is plainely difcouered, for vpon
any bate fhe wil heaue & blow, and rattle in
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the throat. In my very friends houfe, I found a
Gofhawke at that paffe, it is ten -yeares fince,
and they did not perceiue it vntill that day; my
aduife was defired, which I deliuered, and thus
put in practife; they did caufe prefently fome
Butter to be made, which I tooke, not wafhing
it; but I laped or noynted a wing feather of a
Henne therewith, and fo twice or thrice in a
day put it vp and downe her winde pipe, and
twice or thrice ata time. Whether this was the
Pinne, or no, I know not, or the Pinne bree-
ding; but I am fure that in three or foure dayes
the Hawke did well, without any other thing
adminiftred. And by others it was thought to
be the Pinne. One Sparhawke had the Pinne
this laft yeare in her foreage, and I tolde her
Mafter of the happy proceeding I had with the
Gofhawke, and he did practife the fame: But I
beleeue he rather put the feather which was but
{mall into the throat, then into the winde-pipe,
for within one fortnight or tenne dayes after it
begun, fhe dyed thereof.

One other Gofhawke was brought vnto me
in her rufter-hoode, to be made flying, as hee
faid that brought her, fhee had beene drawne
three weeks, and for a fortnight & more fhe had
taken euery night a cafting; the Hawke I knew
for her goodnes & good conditions could not be
bettered. I was glad of her comming, my houfe
being full of my friends: I imparted fo much
vnto them in the euening, hauing formerly

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beene well acqainted with her good conditi-
ons, I pulled off her hoode, after awhile fitting
quietly fhee made a ftout bate, but fo foone as
fhe had done fo, fhe gaped, and ratled fo in the
throat, as that fhee might eafily be heard into
the next roome. If this were not the Pinne, then
no hawke hath the Pinne; but the fight hereof
did very much perplexe mee. To be ridde of
her I could not, for her Mafter was ridden into
the Countrey a hawking iourney, as his owne
letter that day fent did teftifie: Seeing in what
defperate eftate the hawke was in, I would wil-
lingly haue giuen forty fhillings I had not med-
led with her; Hee was a worthy Knight that
brought her, and to him I ftcode bound for many
former kinde guifts, which was in truth the
moft efpeciall caufe that encreafed my griefe,
rather fearing her death, then hoping for life.
The next day by fome occafion there were two
Knights, both of them very iudicious Auftrin-
gers, and two Gentlemen of the fame family,
though dwelling tenne miles afunder, and di-
uers others; all which, for my colde comfort,
faid {he was a hawke not to be recouered. Then
I pra¢tifed vpon her in this manner : Firft, I put
on her rufter-hoode againe, and then with a
large feather lapped about with butter, I did
twice or thrice together, and three times in a day
put vp and downe her throate, (I pray you re-
member that it was butter out of the Churne,
& not wafhed.) Whileft I was in this practife, I

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muft tell you that thee did not thereupon leaue
her ratling in the throat at all, but it did en-
creafe a while after fhe was dreffed, and made a
greater noyfe; and great reafon for it, for fhee
had in her dreffing ftriued very much, and
now labouring in the body, her throat full of
butter, fhee muft needes make the noyfe the
greater, which after fhe ftoode ftill a while and
was quiet, fhe neuer made fhew of: After a
weekes practife thus, I tyed two feathers toge-
ther, in fuch manner, as fome Arrowes and Bolts
for Crofbowes haue their feathers lapped about,
then did I clip off halfe the deepe fide of the
feather, and being drye, I put that into her
winde-pipe, putting it vp and downe, and tur-
ning it round, infomuch that the feather was
bloudy, (it troubled mee much, but the cure be
ing defperate, I thus followed on my practife, I
confeffe I neuer had that experiece before) I had
then two other feathers lapped together with
filke as the other two were, about and into
which I had laped and wrought, the powder of
burnt Allum and Englifh Hony, prepared as I
taught you for the Frounce, and with that I did
well rubbe her winde-pipe vp and downe once
a day, for three daies together, and fo left, know-
ing that it had wrought much in fo fhort a time
vpon a fore Frounce. I continued this Hawke
one weeke longer in her hoode, when fhe gaue
mee affured knowledge that fhe had no Pinne,
neither would fhe blowe for one bate, or two,

, N or
 

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See the
Frounce

Capt.

or three, if they were not great, and for that
blowing I doe not thinke it was the Pantife, but
rather a faintneffe and weakneffe after her
fickneffe, as it is very commonly approued a-
mongft our felues after a long fickneffe; and
her difeafe was none of the leaft: I met with the
meffenger that brought her vnto me, (within
one weeke after I had her) vnto whom I impar-
ted my griefe for the hawke, when he did con-
feffe vnto mee fhee had met with two or three
mifchances, by fcratching of her hood before
fhe came vnto me, which might be a caufe of
breeding the Pinne, which being the greater
griefe, would not fuffer the leffer to be feene vn-
till that was cured, which was the Pantife, if it
fo proue: You haue herein heard my opini-
on; but for the Pantife I cannot meddle with,
for therein my difcourfe would proue very
tedious, as to deliuer the caufe thereof, &c.
I fhould compare it to the Tifficke in a man or
woman, or to a Horfe, which fome fay is
broken-winded, and I fhould contrary that o-
pinion: And although I fhould haue many a-
gainft mee, yet I fhould haue many maintaine
my opinion. And thus I leaue that vndifcour-
fed of, becaufe it would proue very tedious
to fet downe the reafons, p70 G& contra. But for
this vncurable difeafe, I am perfwaded, that if
it fhall be rubbed with two drye feathers, lap-
ped together and clipped, as I haue before faid,
and afterward to wet them in Agua fortzs that is

quallified,
 

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quallified, and fo thruft the feather vp and
downe her throat, I muft needs thinke it fhould
eate away the Pinne, and cure it, hauing had fo
good experience of the working thereof, which
doth confirme my opinion, and not to danger
the Hawke: Admit it fhould endanger her
life, fhee can be in no greater daunger then the
Pinne putteth her in. I leaue the vfe thereof to
your owne confideration.

An excellent medicine for a lafh in the eye.

"[ Ake white Sugar Candy, burne it as you

burne your Allum, then bruife or beate it
to a very fine powder, and thereof morning and
euening put fome of it into her eye, let her be
alwaies hooded, vntill fhee be well, which will
be in a very fhort time; yea, although a filme
beginne to growe ouer it, becaufe it hath not
beene looked vnto in time; yet reft affured it
will cure it.

A Medicine for a falt or hot humour that runneth
out of the eye, and fealdeth all the feathers from
that part under the eye, and maketh it bare.

ae difeafe will make the one eye feeme
bigger then the other, and at all times feeme

to be full of water, it may be both the eyes be in
that ill eftate, the often wiping of the eye againft
the wing, putteth off the feathers, and maketh
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the eye the worfe. For cure, take the ftalke of
Fennel and cut it off at one ioynt, and into that
part of the ftalke which you leaue long, being
{topped with the ioynt at the other end, you
fhall put or fill with the pouder of white fuger-
candie, very finely pounded, and then with
waxe make very clofe that end, and fo doe three
or foure, and then bury them in the earth two
or three dayes, and your pouder will be diffol-
ued into fine water, which you fhall drop into
your hawkes eye, or your owne, if you fhall
haue neede: It is approued very good.

for the fame otherwi/fe.

Ake a piece of Gum-draggon, and let it lye

in three or foure fpoonefulls of fpring-wa-
ter, vntill it diffolue and grow foft, then drop
of that water into the eye; it is very good for
ourfelues if we haue neede.

For a fnurt or colde in the head of any hawke, it ts
moft properly to be tearmed thus tn long-winged
hawkes, for fuort-winged hawkes the Rye, and
yet they drffer.

Haue known Faulcons that haue been wafh-
ed at the brooke in colde and frofty weather,
or fo wet with raine, that therevpon they haue
beene fo troubled with a colde in the head, as
that in a moneth or fixe weekes they could not
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be brought againe to true flying: The Ryeina
fhort-winged will grow as well vpon her, and
fooner, by being ill kept without tyring or plu-
mage, or by being in pouerty, as through colde
or wet. Notwithftanding fhee is the tenderer
hawke ; yet if fhee be full of flefh and haue na-
turall meanes, good and warme dyet, with plu-
mage and tyring enough, and kept warme, fhee
will foone outgrow it; but for the Faulcon and
fuch like, a wilde Primrofe roote dryed in the
Ouen after the bread is drawne, and made fo
drye as that it may be beaten to a fine pouder,
and fo blowne into her Nares, will very foone
break it. If you will take the leaues, be fure they
be of the wilde primrofe in the field or wood,
{tampe & ftraine out the iuice and put fome of it
into her Nares, and it fhall worke the like effect.
It fhall not be idleneffe for mee to deliuer, nor
yet vnprofitable for you to heare; that one did
lye in his .bed fo troubled with paine in the
head, that vpon the leaft motion or ftirring hee
would cry out in fuch manner, as that he fhew-
ed hee fuffered much torment. I was talking to
one of this receipt for my hawke, where vpon
the parties petitions were fo piercing, as that
there muft be no denyall but that fome leaues
fhould be fought for and gotten, and which
was done, the iuice taken out, I thinke hee did
{nuffe vp into his nofe one fponefull; but hee
was for halfe an houre after fo tormented, as
that I for my part wifhed that I had neuer

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fpoken of the receipt, but that little feafon fo
borne out, the party was prefently as wel as euer
he was in his life; this was fudden and this was
ftrange, adminifter neither of thefe to your
hawke but when fhe is empty, and feed not too
foone after it, but be fure to keepe her warme;
for otherwife her powers being fo open, fhee is
more apt to increafe the colde fhee hath alrea-
dy taken then to breake it.

A medecine for the Mites, fome hawkes haue beene
Jo wll looked unto, that they haue not onely beene
troubled about the beake and eyes, but the nicks
of thewings and hinder parts of them haue beene
eaten to the quicke.

Is iudgement fhould much faile him that
will not thinke that hawkes fo ill furnifhed
haue beene neither cleanly kept nor carefully
looked vnto; by both which meanes a hawke
may haue them, and they are fooneft gotten
from the pearch or blocke where an other
hawke hath fate that haue had the mites: If they
be timely difcouered, and that they haue not
ouer-runne the whole body, Agua vite and
Stauefacre will kill them, onely rubbing her
Nares therewith when you fet her downe for

all night, and fo will Vinegar and Stauefacre.
The luice of Hearbe-graffe, the leaues ftam-
ped and ftrained, and the parts offended about
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take your reft, is as good as any of the reft: Take
heede where you fet your hawke, for if fhee fit
by a hawke that hath the Mites, fhee will too
foone finde that fhee hath met with too many
ill neighbours. Mafter Batcheler that was Mafter
of all the Faulconers by Powles, to whom my
loue then was fuch as that I could fpeake much
good of him now ; hee I fay had a fparhawke,
all her body over-runne with fuch vermine,
which he could deftroye by no meanes vnitill
hee did vndertake this courfe ; Hee got Stauef-
acre, and beate it fmall, and then boyled it in
faire water, making it ftrong, and then ftreined
it gently through a fine cloath, fuffering none
of the Stauefacre to goe through ; and in that
he did well wafh his hawke; and when hee had
her out of the water, he lapped her vp ina Lambs
skinne that was made warme and ready for that
purpofe, and therein kept her vntill fhe was ve-
ry neere dry, when hauing another skinne war-
med, he put that about her, and fo continued
two houres, into which Lambes skinnes the
vermin did runne, and fo the hawke was made
cleane and freed from her death.

A receipt beyond all other, to take out the Lyme out
of a Hawkes feathers.

‘T Ake Neates-foote oyle, any oyle elfe will
neuer be gotten out of the feathers, and
annoynt the place lymed therewith; that
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done, draw the webbe of the feather euen as it
groweth from the quill, betweene the fleth of
your fore-finger and the naile of your thumbe;
with the naile neuer leaue working, vntill there-
with you haue drawne the Lyme cleane out,
and then you fhall finde the feathers looke with
as good a gloffe as any of the reft, and ftand
fmooth as you draw them,

A receipt to be giuen toa Hawke that bloweth, and
zs fhort or thicke-winded.

I Was once asked by one of my friends what

was good for fuch an infirmity, I tolde him
the tops of Rofemary leifurely dryed betweene
two warme Tyles, either made warme, and fet
vpon hot embers to continue them fo; or in
an Quen, fo foone as the bread was taken out;
and when they were fo well dryed as that they
would be beaten to a fine powder, to give of the
powder in good aboundance to his hawke with
her meate. I made it knowne vnto him that this
was taught mee by one that was an ancient and
skilfull Auftringer ; and withall tolde him, that
I had made no vfe thereof, neither could I al-
leadge a reafon why it fhould be good; As
he was a Faulconour, fo was he a Cocke-matter,
and he tolde mee he had made vfe of it in fuch
manner for his Cockes; fince when, for a hawke
fo troubled I haue made proofe of, and found
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A Medicine for the Wormes, wherewith all crea-
tures (I thinke, as well as Hawkes) ave trou-
bled.

F2 J/ulphures giuen in her meate is very good,

and fo is Covrolinum, otherwife called Sea-
moffe dryed, and in powder giuen the Hawke
with her meate. Pudluzs contra vermis is to be had
at fome Pothecaries, giuen with her meate in the

morning, fhee will not at all flye the worfe at.

night. Lauender-Cotten, minced and made in-
to a pill with butter, and rouled vp in Sugar, is
good. Caftings of Wormewoode, and Saintu-
ary are very good. Sodden Garlicke in my
practife is better than any of thefe. There can
no better thing be given to a long-winged
hawke for the Fillenders; if fo, it muft then be
granted, nothing can helpe digefture better.
You fhall finde how it is fodden in the Chapter
for the difeafe in the head. I haue giuen euery
night a Cloue to a fhort-winged hawke, fixe
nights together. Wormefeed giuen with meate,
or Wormefeede with Aloes, Butter, and two or
three chiues of Saffron giuen in a pill, is very
good, And I thinke fo are a hundred more me-
dicines for this difeafe; and there are more
Hawkes dye hereof, then of all other difeafes
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A Medicine or Pill to be giuen toa Hawke that
hath the Wormes, whereof I make the beft
allowance.

Ake Englifh-Honie and clarifie it, take off

the fcumme with a feather when it hath
boyled a little, and then it is clarified ; let

it boyle leifurely vntill it groweth fo ftiffe as
that you may make it vp in pills, which you
fhall thus approue; take a little out of it vpon
a kniues poynt, and drop it vpon a Trencher,
when it is cold you fhall fee whether it be ftiffe
enough, or no; then beate fome Wormefeede
and put into it, and fo make it vp in pills. I will
tell you how I doe vfe to giue them; I lappe
them vp in a fingle white paper, of the thinneft
paper I can get, and then I put therein my pill,
and tye the paper clofe about with a thrid. I
am very carefull not to touch the out-fide of
the paper, after I haue handled the pills before
I wafh, for feare fhe fhould take any diflike in the
tafte. I put it into fo thinne a paper that it may
the fooner diffolue; for if it be in a thicke paper
that will not fo foone take moyfture. (I haue
approued both) and then if fhee offer to caft it,
fhe may with fo ftrong paper caft all: Which
to preuent, if I know any thing my Hawke will
diflike, I fhew her that, it will be a meanes to
make her keepe it; otherwife I will haue ina
readineffe a wing of fome Fowle, wherewith I
will
 

Hawkes avd Hawking.

will tend her, fometimes with fhewing it, and
fometimes fuffering her to plume, by which
meanes you fhall haue your pill or pils worke
kindely. You may giue two as bigge as a fmall
Hazell-Nut to a Gofhawke, one to a Tarfell ; it
is a good fcouring, befides the benefit of killing
Wormes. I haue heard very experienced Au-
ftringers fay, that there is no killing of Wormes
with any fuch receipt as I haue mentioned; but
their aduice is to beate a fmall flint-ftone to
{mall pummis, and to giue it her with her meat:
And this they fay muft firft breake the bed of
Wormes, and then any of thefe receipts will kill
them. I cannot vnderftand where thefe wormes
fhould lye, that muft haue this helpe, and with-
out which the other cannot profit. I haue feene
a {mall grub worme in long-winged Hawkes,
and efpecially in the blancke Tarfels, that haue
beene muted daily, fometimes two, fometimes
three, and fomtimes foure in a mute and more.
And to kill thefe I haue laboured, but I will ne-
ver approue it more, for I cannot doe it; and
befides, I thinke they rather benefit a hawke
then doe any hurt: For I flewa Tarfell fo trou-
bled all his fore-age, and when he was an enter-
mewer, vntill after Chriftmas at the Cocke, hee
was a very high flyer that yeers remain; & three
yeares after he was a lead Hawke at the Brooke
in Letcefter-/hzere, and all this time had thefe
wormes, and hee was called by that name
Wormes. 1am put in minde of giuing a Hawke

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Brimftone, by fpeaking of the pounded flint,
and I haue very often approued it, to giue it in
this manner to any hawke, broken like {mall
grauell, & at night giue it with her meate, & fhe
will in the morning bring it vp in her cafting:
It will helpe greatly to cleane a Hawke, and
breed a good ftomacke. There is not fo com-
mon a difeafe followeth a hawke as the wormes,
and I haue found them in moft feathered
Fowles, but neuer any within the bowels, but
in the body moft aboundantly, and without all
doubt the backe-worme, if a man were cer-
taine his Hawke were fo difeafed, both the pill
and fodden Garlicke with continuance would
deftroy it.

A receipt for a Hawke that hath loft her courage,
and toyeth not, or ts lowe in flefh.

Ake a wilde and well-flefhed houfe Doue,
and draw out a wing, you know what to
pare away, and how to prepare it fit for your
Hawke: Take a new-layed egge, whileft it is
warme, and warme a Porringer or Pewter-difh
againft the fire, then breake the egge, and put ©
the yolke thereinto, let it be broken a little with
a fpoone, and then drawe your meate through
it, and as your Hawke is feeding, with a feather
lay on more. I would haue this fo quickly done,
as that the Doue nor Egge fhould lofe but little
of their naturall heat, & by making it more hot
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you make it worfe then the lofing of the heate.
Vie this but two or three mornings, & you fhall
finde your Hawke growe brauely vpon you.
For a hawke to be proude and full of fleth, is
but a fpurre or whetftone to put her into all ill
conditions if fhee be wilde: But let her be gen-
tle and not wilde, fhee is able to kill any thing
that is fit to be flowne vnto.

Another receipt very good for the fame
purpofe.

‘T Ake a pound of Beefe of a young beaft, or

more Beefe if you will, make it very
cleane, not leauing either fat or ftring therein:
You may the better doe it becaufe the Beefe
mutt be fliced very thin, which when it is fo fli-
ced, and well picked, lay it in a ftill, and put
thereto as much Claret wine, of the beft high
Country wine you can get, as may couer the
Beefe, put thereto one or two ounces of white
Suger-Candy, beaten to fine powder, and then
{till them together, but let the ftill be very tem-
perately kept, and through this you may often
drawe your Hawkes meate.

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How to draw a water that ts cooling, and the pro-
pertie thereof ts to kill any vnnaturall heate mm
the mouth or body, zt ts a great cleanfer, and in-
creafeth breath; tt will keepe the body in good
temper, and helpe the body diftempered with
heate.

I Would gladly fet down euery thing fo plain-
ly, as that there might neither be queftion
made of my meaning, nor that there fhould be
any thing miftaken, for want of a true difcrip-
tion. Prim, of fome called Prim-priuet, it is
that which is planted in fome Orchards, and in
fome Gardens, to beautifie the walls, and is kept
with cutting, it doth carry a white flower, which
when they are blowne, I would haue cleanely
picked, taking nothing but the flower, let not
your fire be kept ouer-rafh or ouer-hot, but let
them be carefully diftilled, and then put it into
a glaffe vntill you haue vfe of it, no hawke will
diflike the tafte of the water, and the water thus
ftilled hath a very good fmell, but it leaueth a
moft ftinking Still. If you fhall giue her this
water with her meate, you fhall finde admira-
ble profit therein: It is very good wherewith to
enfayme a hawke of any kinde, for a long-wing-
ed hawke that is in fummer flowne to the field,
there neuer was or can be vfed any thing better,
it is moft true that in giuing fomething to heate
the ftomacke, you may therewith ouer-heate
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the liuer; and it is fo for the liuer, giue fome-
thing to coole that, and fo you may ouer-coole
or kill the ftomacke. But there is fuch an excel-
lent propertie in this water, as notwithftanding
it cooleth the liuer, yet it bettereth the ftomacke,
the vfe of this water will preuent many difeafes,
for infirmities and fickneffe doe continually
follow fuch hawkes, as are not cleanely fed; but
flowne fowle before they be well enfaymed, it
will keepe thy Gofhawke and Tarfell in conti-
nuall health, if you be carefull in the enfayming
of them, and not flying of them before they be
cleane ; If you will not be carefull, but thy ouer-
hafty defire of fport, fhall make thee flye them
before they be fit to flye; then you fhall haue
from them for a little feafon fome fport, but then
the conclufion will be confufion: to be weake
and fickly is the beft hope can be had ofa hawke
het or flowne before fhe be cleane, but to be het
or flowne when fhe is more then foule, fo foone
as colde weather doth come, be affured of the
Pantife, and other difeafes which will fall into
her feete and legges, and then as good pull off
her head as keepe her. I know not any man that
hath had the vfe thereof but my felfe, and I haue
vfed it, this fixteene or feauenteene yeares, and
I did neuer impart to any man, but one Knight
what it was, who to my knowledge did neuer
caufe it to be drawne.

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A very excellent medicine for a dangerous brurfe,
prefently to be giuen after the hurt.

*T Ate Englifh honey and clarefie it, and fo

foone as you haue fo done, before it boyleth
any more put into it halfe fo much ftone-
pitch or fomething leffe then there is honey, and
then let it boyle againe: It fhall not neede to
boyle long, becaufe the pitch will make it ftrong
and faft enough to make vp in pills; as foone as
you can, giue her a large pill thereof, and al-
though fhee faft aboue twelue houres after the
receiuing, it is the better: I pray let mee make
all plaine vnto you, for this is worthy to be had
in good eftimation, both of the Faulconer and
Auftringer. It is a prattife of my owne deui-
fing; and thus I vfed the fame: I haue had di-
uers Tarfells flying at the Cocke, fo hurt them-
felues that they haue not beene able to ftand or
holde vp a wing, I haue prefently maled them,
to keepe them warme vntill I came home, (I tell
you this becaufe you fhall vnderftand that it is
very dangerous to let them take colde before
the receipt of this pill or pills, for making of
them fomething leffe, you may giue two,) when
I came home, I would keepe her ftiil maled vp,
left fhe fhould catch colde vntill I had made her
pills ready, when I would not yet vnmale her
if I found it a dangerous bruife, but kepe her fo

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I did vnmale her to feede, or to fee how fhee
could ‘ftand, it fhould be in a very warme
Chamber, where there fhould bea good fire.

I did flye a Gofhawke that was not my own,
for which hawke I was offered fortie. pounds, I
ould not, and her Mafter would not fell her;
the next yeare fhee had fuch a bruife vpon her
body againft a fmall tree, not much bigger then
my leg, croffing to catch a Pheafant-Cocke, that
fhee lay there to the beholders dead, and there
fhe had beene dead but that this accident happe-
ned very neere vnto one that was with me, when
I came vnto her I faw her eyes ftirre a little, I
opened her mouth, and put my finger downe
her throat, fhee ftirred no part of her body, I
lapped her vp in a good-fellowes Ierkin that
was with mee, and fo I carryed her vnder my
arme to a houfe two miles from thence, I found
fhe had life in her, & then I had hope; I gaue her
two pills, fuch as I haue formerly fpoken of, fhe
did lye fo lapped up at the leaft fixteene houres,
and when I did vnmale her to fee her ftrength,
fhe was very vnable to ftand, and hardly able
to offer to ftand, I fed very fhort, but with my
care in one week I deliuered her to her Matter,
with fome dire¢tions; in all the time I had her
after her bruife fhe neuer caft any meate, but af-
ter I parted from her, fhe would once in three
or foure meales caft part or all of her meate, my

confent was asked when I came thether, that her Confule cum
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head might be pulled off, I would not yeeld to
that: but vpon eafie tearmes I tooke her home
with mee.

In the Strand I met with that worthy Bar-
ron who before had made meanes to buy her,
and he asked mee, if I would not helpe him to
that Gofhawke; I tolde him truly in what def-
perate cafe fhee was in, and all the truth. Hee
faid you will recouer, you will recouer that; I
promifed if fhe did recouer, he fhould haue her,
and at Eafter-tearme (fhee receiuing her hurt,
neere Shrouetide) I did deliuer her a very found
hawke, and I had for her thirty pounds, and her
well-prouing was worth twenty pounds more
vnto mee. One other Gofhawke I recouered,
that wanted not much of her danger, and her
Mafter folde her in Suffex for fifteene or fix-
teene pounds, and a young Gofhawke cleane
mewed out of the mew. I dare write no vn-
truth, for this muft be ouer-viewed by the
actors; what fhall I neede to fet downe any
more for this, knowing this to be fo approued
good? and which maketh it the more excellent,
it is to be had in euery place, fo is neither Par-
mafite, nor Mumma, 1 could mention more but
all worthleffe in refpect: If you will giue any
thing elfe, let it be Mumma beaten into pow-
der and fo giuen with her meate, you fhall finde
it in the morning in her cafting, and it is very

good where the other is vnknowne.
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A receipt for a wound or hurt taken either by a
Dog, or the clawes of a Hare, or otherwife.

HH“: a fpeciall care that the winde or colde

enter not into the wound before you haue
wherewith to dreffe it; If it be where you can
haue foueraigne Balme, there is nothing better,
that is to be had but in few places: And there-
fore for want thereof, take a quantity of Spring-
water, and let it feeth, then take it from the fire,
and put into it a peece of Rocke-Allum, and
fome Englifh-Honey, and fo let them diffolue
in the water, the water being bloud-warme ;
therewithall wath the fore, it will keepe it cleane
from putrifying, and heale it, but ftill be care-
full that it doth not take cold.

A medicine for the Cray:

f hee griefe proceedeth of a hot & dry caufe,
and it isa dainty cure. Hawes diftilled, and

the meate drawne through the water is
very good. To drawe your hawkes meate tho-
rough Cowes milke warme from the Cowe, is
very good, and fo approued.

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Another for the fame.

Ilke from the Cowe diftilled is excellent

good for that griefe; but thus followeth
the discommodity, it cooleth and hurteth the
ftomacke. I haue knowne this water vfed for
the ftone, but the difcommodity was foone
found. But if you will diftill a pinte and halfe
of milke, and withall an ounce of white Suger-
Candy finely pounded, it will rectifie all, it hin-
dreth not its property for the Cray, and yet it
doth now comfort the ftomacke.

Another for the fame, and the beft of any for the
fame.

I Haue knowne fome pare the end of a Candle
to a {mall quantity, and fo put it into her
tewell gently, and it hath doone good. But I
vie Caftle-fope, and thereof cut a peece an inch
long in manner of a Suppofita, and fo put it vp,
and fo leaue it, this is very good: But withall I
haue pared a little of fuch Sope, and conueyed
it into the gut of a Foule, being very carefull of
the cleanely doing it, not knowiug whether the
tafte might offend, or no; fo doone, I caft my
Hawke, and put it downe, and then I feede vp-
on it, to make her the better to put it ouer; this
with the Suppofita will fo open & make glibbe
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the paffages, that you fhall foone finde amend-
ment in your Hawke.

Otherwrfe for the fame.

[ Ss taught to put vp in the manner of a
glifter oyle of Rofes, with a Syrren.

A receipt for a ftraine or brurfe iu the foote.

To a handfull of Mallowes, and boyle

them either with Neates-foot-oyle, Goofe-
greafe, Capons-greafe, or Hogges-greafe, when
they are well boyled, ftreine them through a
cloath, and then mingle with them good Agua-
vite, and let them boyle all together a little,
and therewith annoynt the place.

FINTS.